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WILSON, Edward Douglas
(Service number 6/2012)

Quartermaster-Sergeant E D-Wilson — From" "South Canterbury Roll of Honour", published 1916 by the South Canterbury Caledonian Society. (South Canterbury Museum 17/15)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (right panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #02)

Aliases	Ted Wilson
First Rank	Quartermaster Sergeant	Last Rank	Lance Corporal

Birth

Date	06/07/1881	Place of Birth	Waimate, Canterbury, New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date		Age	33
Address at Enlistment	15 Essex Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Occupation	Grocer
Previous Military Experience	Waimate Rifles
Marital Status	Married, 4 children
Next of Kin	Mrs Edith Elizabeth Wilson (wife), 15 Essex Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height: 5 feet 6.5 inches Hair colour: Dark Complexion: Dark Eye colour: Blue Distinctive marks: Scar on back of right hand

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	4th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	17 April 1915
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez,Egypt (25 May 1915)

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star British War Medal (1914-1920) Victory Medal
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	7 August 1915	Age	34
Place of Death	Gallipoli, Turkey
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Memorial Reference	Panel 12
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Husband of Edith Eliza Wilson (nee Hilton) of 94 Glen Road, Dunedin. Promoted to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, but reverted to Lance Corporal at own request.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, April 2014; SCRoll web submission from L Wilson, 4 December 2014

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