Edward Douglas WILSON

Regimental number6/2012
Address15 Essex Street, Christchurch
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs Edith Elizabeth Wilson, 15 Essex Street, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationQuartermaster Sergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 12), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Edith Eliza Wilson, 94 Glen Road, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Fourth

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