Vivian Hugo Goldsmith Wilson

Forenames

Vivian Hugo Goldsmith AWMM

Surname

Wilson AWMM

Also known as

Vivian Hugo Goldington Wilson AWMM

Service number

WWI 26/946 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1896 AWMM
New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Amelia Wilson (mother), Fernside, Papatoetoe, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 26/946 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Railways Employee/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 05 Feb 1916-15 Mar 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 43 AWMM Vessel was Mokoia AWMM Rifleman AWMM 4th Battalion, A Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, A Company AWMM

Vivian Wilson was the son of James Thomas Richard Wilson and Amelia Wilson, of Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand.

Aged 19 years 11 months when he was killed

Listed as Vivian Hugo Goldington Wilson on the Nominal Roll

Next of Kin: Mrs A. Wilson, Cardwell St, Onehunga (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

5 Jun 1916 AWMM
Age  19 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM II. A. 28. AWMM

Memorial name

• Family grave memorial, Purewa Cemetery, Meadowbank, Auckland AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Auckland Railway Station, Te Taou Crescent, Auckland 1010. AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22022023
  Further Reference
• HMNZT 43 - The Mokoian: Being a record of the early stages of the journeyings of the 4th Battalion N.Z.R.B. (E.L.O.) (Mokoian souvenir ed.). (1916, February). The Times of Ceylon Company Ltd.
  https://dunedin.recollect.co.nz/nodes/view/201167
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/277692/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/277692
  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.
  24: 22
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 4: Includes portrait
• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 43 - The Mokoian: Being a record of the early stages of the journeyings of the 4th Battalion N.Z.R.B. (E.L.O.) (Mokoian souvenir ed.). (1916, February). The Times of Ceylon Company Ltd.