William Ernest WILTON

Regimental number13/3139
OccupationPlasterer
Next of kinMrs E Wilton, 90 Clyde Quay, Wellington
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Horse Transports, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, Auckland Mounted Rifles, A Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Aparima on 29 February 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 27 September 1916
Place of burialA.I.F. Burial Ground (Plot II, Row D, Grave No 1), Flers, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs E. Wilton, 88 Clyde Quay, Wellington
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 23, p. 8