Frank Reginald WILSON

Regimental number12/2616
Address12 Pompallier Terrace, Ponsonby, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, John Wilson, 12 Pompallier Terrace, Ponsonby, Auckland
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 August 1915
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
Other detailsRepresented New Zealand in rugby as an All Black - played 2 matches (but no test matches) for the All Blacks during their 1910 tour of Australia.
FateDied of wounds 19 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row B, Grave No 28), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Elizabeth Wilson, 12 Pompallier Terrace, Ponsonby, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

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

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