Edmund Robinson WILSON

Regimental number10/75
Date of birth15 May 1882
Place of birthDrogheda, Ireland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationDentist
AddressDevonshire House, Masterton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32
Height5' 7"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMiss Jeanie Susan Wilson, 15 Wallace Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
Previous military service17th Rauhine Regiment (4 years)
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
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 rankLieutenant
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment, Machine Gun Section
FateKilled in Action 27 April 1915
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel No 75), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Arthur Wilson, 15 Wallace Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, and the late Mary Winter Wilson
Medals

Mentioned in Despatches

'Mentioned in General Ian Hamilton's despatch of 20th May 1915. (Commander Mediterranean Expeditionary Force).'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 5 August 1915

Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

Killed in action, Anzac, 27 April 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Age at death33
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 107881168
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 122020528