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WILSON, John
(Service number 24/1234)

Aliases
First Rank Sergeant Last Rank

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Care of National Mortgage Agency, Timaru, New Zealand
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin James Wilson (brother), 114 Eglinton Road, Dunedin, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brig
Unit, Squadron, or Ship D Company
Date 9 October 1915
Transport Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Embarked From Wellington, NZ Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 12 September 1918 Age
Place of Death Havrincourt, France
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Sources

Cenotaph (26 August 2013)

External Links

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Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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