Edwin John WILSON

Regimental number8/1862
AddressClub House, Moray Place, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Wilson, Fuschia Cottage, Aldburgh, Suffolk, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 17), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Ellen Adelaide Wilson, 16 Crothes Street, Aldeburgh, Suffolk, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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