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WILSON, Martin James
(Service number 55569)

Aliases	James Martin Gurney Wilson - name at birth
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	02/04/1897	Place of Birth	Wakanui

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Harper Street, Timaru
Occupation	Draper
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Hadley WILSON (brother), Claremont, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Reinforcements, G Company
Date	15 August 1917
Transport	Ruahine
Embarked From		Destination	Glasgow, Scotland

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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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
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Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Wounded & admitted to hospital April 1918

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	10 June 1992	Age	95 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 147, Plot 1149
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Martin James Wilson was the son of William John and Prudence Wilson. In 1923 he married Bessie Wilson. Martin enlisted as soon as he turned 20 and left New Zealand with the 29th Reforcements.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 November 2015]; Timaru Herald, 23 April 1917, 29 May 1917, 4 september 1917, 30 April 1918 (Papers Past) [29 November 2015]

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