Oliver George WILKES

Regimental number6/2324
AddressEaling, Canterbury
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Wilkes, 5 Buchanan Street, Timaru
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 22 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialY Farm Military Cemetery (Row L, Grave No 9), Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Riley Wilkes and Elizabeth Florence Wilkes, 5 Buchanan Street, Timaru
Family/military connectionsBrother: 6/1430 Jaspar William WILKES
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Fifth