Robert WILSON

Regimental number9/777
True NameWILSON, Robert Munro
Address165 Bay View Road, St Kilda
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, A Wilson, 165 Bay View Road, St Kilda, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 2nd Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 December 1914
Members of the 2nd Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, departed on board three ships: HMNZT 13 'Verdala', HMNZT 14 'Willochra', and HMNZT 15 'Knight of the Garter'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankTrooper
Final unitOtago Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of disease 14 February 1916
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burial War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No 83), Egypt
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew and Isabella Wilson, 34 Brunswick Street, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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