WILKES, Oliver George
(Service number 6/2324)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Ealing, Canterbury, New Zealand | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Elizabeth Wilkes (mother), 5 Buchanan Street, Timaru, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 5th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 13 June 1915 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 22 January 1917 | Age | 28 |
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| Place of Death | Messines, Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Y Farm Military Cemetery, Bois-Grenier, Nord, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Timaru South School WWI Memorial plaque (as G Wilkes?); Memorial plaque, St Mary's Church, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
Oliver Wilkes was the son of William Riley Wilkes and Elizabeth Florence Wilkes, of 5 Buchanan St., Timaru, New Zealand.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database, April 2014
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