James Alexander WILSON

Regimental number11/1869
Address59 Ellice Street, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Wilson, Glendee, High Street, Dannevirke
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rank2nd Corporal
Final unitDivisional Signal Company, New Zealand Engineers
FateDied of wounds 14 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialMenin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row N, Grave No 33), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Elizabeth Wilson, 'Glenlee', High Street, Dannevirke
Medals

Military Medal

'For bravery in the field.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 14 January 1918

Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Seventh