Victor John Wise

Forenames

Victor John AWMM

Surname

Wise AWMM

Service number

437401 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Date of birth

b. 1922

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Place of birth

Gisborne

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Birth notes

Son of Victor Frederick & Ellen Jane WISE of Gisborne

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Address before enlistment

WW2 18 Daphne St., Gisborne AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs. E.J. Wise, 18 Daphne St., Gisborne (m) AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 1943 AWMM Single/WWII AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

437401 AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 1943 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.141 Blacksmith's assistant/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.141

Embarkation details

WW2 Private 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.141 Infantry Brigade 2NZEF Nom. Roll 11, p.141 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
Accidental death on active service AWMM

Last rank

Private AWMM
22 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Victor Wise was the son of Victor Frederick Wise and of Ellen Jane Wise (nee Frazer), of Kaiti, Gisborne.

Fell off a bridge driving a Bren Gun Carrier AWMM

Death

18 Sept 1944 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Accidental Death AWMM

Cemetery

Ancona War Cemetery, Italy AWMM I. L. 10. AWMM

Obituary

The death on active service, from accidental injuries, of Private Victor John Wise is reported in an official telegram to his parents to have occurred last week. He was the only son of Mr and Mrs. E. J. Wise, Daphne street, Kaiti, and was 22 years of age A member of the Territorial forces prior to the war, he was mobilised at the age of 18 years, and spent four years in New Zealand awaiting release for overseas service. He went abroad with a reinforcement draft in May. 1943. He was a single man, and well known in sports circles in Gisborne. A sister, Miss Evelyn Wise, is serving with the W.A.A.C in the Pacific, and is at present on furlough in Gisborne.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 6 May 2023 - ROLL OF HONOUR
GISBORNE HERALD, VOLUME LXXI, ISSUE 21519, 26 SEPTEMBER 1944, PAGE 4

Memorial name

• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Gisborne First World War Memorial, The Esplanade, Kaiti, Gisborne AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2068744
Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 11 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1943 to 30th June, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.141
• Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.