Edward WILKES

Regimental number10/542
Date of birth20 April 1894
Place of birthManchester, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPrinter
AddressClifton House, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.7
Height5' 5.5"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinMrs A Wilkes, c/o Mrs Hoar, Blackburn, Hawke's Bay
Previous military service'B' Company, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment (still serving)
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentWanganui
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 7 August 1915
Discharge date73
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Found guilty, 7 March 1915, of being absent from Tattoo Roll Call; awarded 2 days' confined to barracks.

Admitted to No.2 Australian Field Ambulance, Anzac, 29 April (shrapnel wound, right eye); transferred to No.2 General Hospital, Ghezireh, Egypt, 3 May 1915; discharged to duty, 29 May 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HS 'Tahiti' from Suez, 7 August 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 11 September 1915; discharged (medically unfit for active service due to reoccurring bouts of appendicitis), 25 September 1915.

Total war service: 1 year 40 days (of which 330 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death30 December 1967, Waihi
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22019284