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WILSON, Bertie Charles
(Service number 45044)

Aliases
First Rank	Company Sergeant Major	Last Rank

Birth

Date	17/02/1890	Place of Birth	Cowra, New South Wales, Australia

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Joiner
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs R. S. WILSON (mother), Morgan's road, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	35th Reinforcements B Company
Date	2 March 1918
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Southampton, England

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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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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Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	5 December 1984	Age	94 yrs
Place of Death	Talbot Hospital, Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 162, Plot 246
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Bertie Charles WILSON was a son of John and Rebecca Susannah (nee BRIEN) WILSON. His brother Colin Edgar WILSON was killed in action in 1916 at the Sommei; another brother, Albert WILSON. also served in WWI.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [25 February 2014]; Headstone image Timaru Cemetery (Timaru District Council) [06 March 2014]

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