John Emery WILDS

Regimental number53724
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Wilds, Otipua Road, Timaru
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, Reinforcements, G Company (Part)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 87 Tahiti on 12 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 22 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot XI, Row F, Grave No 2), Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: J.H. & Eliza Wilds, Atipua Road, Timaru
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 40

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