John Albert Wilson

Forenames

John Albert AWMM

Surname

Wilson AWMM

Service number

• WWI 30893 AWMM
• SA 2537
  Public - Brian - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - WILSON, John Albert - SA2537, WWI 30893 - Army (R20524378)

Gender

Male AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs M. Wilson (wife), Church Street, Penrose, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• South African War, 1899-1902
  Public - Brian - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - WILSON, John Albert - SA2537, WWI 30893 - Army (R20524378)

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 30893 AWMM
• SA 2537
  Public - Brian - Researcher - 29 February 2016 - WILSON, John Albert - SA2537, WWI 30893 - Army (R20524378)

Enlistment

• South Africa Shepherd/Civilian Ministry for Culture and Heritage
• WW1 Unknown AWMM Freezing Worker/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa 31 Mar 1900 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  Waimate Ministry for Culture and Heritage Vessel was Waimate AWMM Private Ministry for Culture and Heritage 5th Contingent, 13th Company (Wellington, Nelson and West Coast, South Island sections) Ministry for Culture and Heritage New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 4th Contingent (Rough Riders) AWMM
• WW1 07 Dec 1916-18 Feb 1917 AWMM
  HMNZT 71 AWMM Vessel was Port Lyttelton AWMM Private AWMM 20th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

John Wilson was the husband of Mrs. M. Campbell (formerly Wilson), of Owhango, Hamilton, New Zealand.

Killed in France Grave Unknown

Next of Kin: Mrs M. Campbell, Owhango, Kaitieke (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

24 Aug 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Adanac Military Cemetery, Miraumont, Somme, France AWMM I. I. 34. AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20524378
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/184236/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/184236
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  47: 4
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.