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WILDS, John Emery
(Service number 53724)

Aliases
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank Private

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Carpenter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs E. Wilds (mother), Otipua Road, Timaru, New Zealand
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 (part)
Date 12 June 1917
Transport Maunganui or Tahiti
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Plymouth, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion

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 22 April 1918 Age 21
Place of Death France
Cause Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France
Memorial Reference XI. F. 2.
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

John Wilds was the son of J. H. and Eliza Wilds, of Otipua Rd., Timaru, New Zealand. Born at Timaru.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, April 2014

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