Roy Robert WILSON

Regimental number24/1869
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinFather, H B Wilson, Opotiki
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 3rd Reinforcements of 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateKilled in Action 7 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsButtes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry Brougham Wilson and Eliza Wilson, Richard Street, Opotiki, Bay of Plenty
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 15, p. 10