Ewart Wray McKinney WILSON

Regimental number13/2959
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, Andrew Wilson, Hangatiki
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles, A Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 37 Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Trench Mortar Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 21 March 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 21), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew and Katharine Alexandra Wilson, Whangarei
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsFirst given name incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as Ernest.
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 4

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