Richard Ernle WILDE

Regimental number46105
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, E J Wilde, Farmer, Marton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 83 Tofua on 26 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateAccidentally killed 15 January 1919
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialCologne Southern Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 18), Germany
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Ernle James and Amelia Margaret Wilde, Marton
Other details

War service: Western Front

Accidentally killed (discharge of rifle), Germany, 15 January 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 22