WILSON, Hugh Hill
(Service number 48310)
| First Rank | Quartermaster Sergeant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 12/07/1888 | Place of Birth | Ngapara, Otago |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Clerk | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. WILSON (wife), 6 Wilson Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 30th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company | ||
| Date | 13 October 1917 | ||
| Transport | Corinthic | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 13 March 1952 | Age | 63 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Hugh Hill Wilson was the eldest son of Hugh and Jane (née McLeod) Wilson, of Maheno. He was educated at Maheno and Hampden schools , going out to work at the age of 14. He married May Logan, sister of George, Stan and Rue Loagan, on 5 May 1910, at Addington. Hugh and May had two children before Hugh enlisted for service with the New Zealand Forces. James Robert Edmondson Wilson, a brother of Hugh, was killed in action in 1918 in France.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 October 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [05 October 2019]; School Admission record [10 October 2019]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [10 October 2019]
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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
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