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Arthur Joseph Wilks

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur Joseph AWMM
  • Surname
    Wilks AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16021 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs E. Wilks (mother), Purangi, via Inglewood, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
  • Campaign
    Messines AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 16021 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Arthur Wilks was the son of Mr and Mrs. W. G. A. Wilks, late of Aorangi, Feilding, New Zealand.

    New Zealand at the Front ( a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    7 June 1917 AWMM
    BelgiumEurope AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM

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  • Time will always dim the memory of ordinary events, but not great events. In a nation’s history, great events – whether in peace or war – live in our memories and mind regardless of time. They are deemed great not for what they achieved, or whether they were victories or successes. Great events are distinguished by the quality of the human endeavor they called upon, by the examples they create for ordinary men and women, and by the legends they inspire. Arthur Joseph Wilks, my great great grandfather, you are gone, but you will never be forgotten! Lest we forget!
    Public - Maraiah Anahera Huia - Direct descendant - 25 April 2019
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08 April 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
25 April 2019Maraiah Anahera Huia Auckland, New Zealand Direct descendant

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