Amcotts Cracroft WILSON

Regimental number15448
Date of birth12 February 1880
Place of birthChristchurch
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCommercial traveller
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation35.8
Height5' 10"
Weight203 lbs
Next of kinDaughter, Miss Audrey C Wilson, c/o Mrs L C Wilson, 237 Gloucester Street, Christchurch
Previous military serviceServed, as No 3008, with 2nd New Zealand Contingent, South Africa; discharged, 27 February 1900.
Enlistment date12 October 1915
Place of enlistmentAuckland
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Waitemata on 26 July 1916
Final rankLieutenant
Final unitNo 1 Company, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 10 June 1917
Place of burialHazebrouck Communal Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No 3), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Daughter: Miss Audrey Cracroft Wilson, 237 Gloucester Street, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 25 July 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 3 October 1916, and marched in to Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 24 October 1916; posted to 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 27 October 1916.

Promoted Lieutenant, 15 March 1917.

Wounded in action, 7 June 1917 (gun shot wounds, thigh, neck, scalp); admitted to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 9 June 1917; transferred to NZ Stationary Hospital, Hazebrouck, 10 June 1917.

Died of wounds, 12 June 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 6
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805.