Albert Ernest WILSON

Regimental number24261
OccupationTiler
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Wilson, Papatowai, Otago
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 13th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 27 May 1916
The infantry component of the 13th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Willochra' and 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 27 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 2 (Plot I, Row C, Grave No 25), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs P. Wilson, Papatawai, Otago
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 13