Albert Edward Wilkinson
Born 15 Mar 1876 - Died 28 Aug 1915
- Service number
- WWI 13/988 AWMM
- Also known as
- A.G. Wilkinson AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- Captain/Military AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM
- War
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Albert Edward AWMM
- Surname
- Wilkinson AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
- A.G. Wilkinson AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 13/988 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 15 Mar 1876 AWMM
Shropshire, England AWMM - Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Pre 11 Feb 1915 AWMM Pukekohe, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Eva Wilkinson (wife), Pukekohe, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
Married, 4 children AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 13/988 AWMM
- Military service
- 3rd (Auckland) Mounted Rifles, C Squadron AWMM
- Pukekohe Mounted Rifle Volunteers 1907- AWMM
- South Franklin Mounted Rifles 1893 - 1896 AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914-1915 Star AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 11 Feb 1915 AWMM
Age 38 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM - Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 13 Jun 1915-01 Aug 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 25 AWMM Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Captain/Military AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 foot 10 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
11 stone AWMM - Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded, bullet perforation of stomach Gallipoli 27 August 1915 AWMM - Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Captain/Military AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Son of Thomas Henry and Jane Wilkinson; husband of Eva Wilkinson (nee Warner), of The Woodlands, Pukekohe, Auckland.
Father of Richard Thomas Wilkinson; Roy Irving Wilkinson; Mary Gwendoline Wilkinson and Albert Edward Wilkinson.
He came with his family to New Zealand at the age of 4 years and attended Pukekohe Intermediate School and Auckland Grammar School from 1896.
Member of the Oddfellows' fraternity.
Remembered at Pukekohe Intermediate School, with Memorial stones & loving memory roses.
Named A.G. Wilkinson on the Pukekohe Intermediate School, WW1, Memorial stone. Research has not discovered a connection with Rotorua nor the reason for his name on the Memorial. We would appreciate any advice on this matter.
Next of Kin: Mrs E. Wilkinson, Pukekohe, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
About death
- Death
- 28 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age 38 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Obituary: Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. 1915. AWMM
- Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Rotorua War Memorial (World War 1) AWMM
- Pukekohe Intermediate School, WW1, Memorial stones & loving memory roses AWMM
- Auckland Grammar School War Memorial, New Zealand AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22019335
Further Reference - Other military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7881151
Further Reference - New Zealand Historic Places Trust Register: Auckland Grammar War Memorial
http://www.historic.org.nz/TheRegister/RegisterSearch/RegisterResults.aspx?RID=4472
Further Reference - Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Pukekohe school First World War memorial.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/pukekohe-school-first-world-war-memorial
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/720579/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/720579
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- Connolly, A., & Stanes, P. Rememberance: Auckland Grammar School Great War Roll of Honour. Vols 1 & 2. Auckland: Petand Prodctions.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 779 - Auckland Grammar School Chronicle. Auckland, N.Z.: Auckland Grammar School.
1915, Third term. p.10 - Franklin county news
Alexander, E. (2 March 2006). Memorial Stones ceremony organised. - Miller, R. (Ed.). (2012). Pukekohe's memorial stones. Auckland, N.Z.: Franklin Historical Society.
- 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. 1: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.
- HMNZT 25. The Tahitian tatler : the unofficial organ of that portion of the Fifth Reinforcements on board H.M.N.Z.T. no. 25, Tahiti. (1915). Bombay, India: Printed by the Times Press for the Units of the Fifth New Zealand Reinforcements.
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