Allan Standish Wilder

Forenames

Allan Standish AWMM

Surname

Wilder AWMM

Also known as

Alan Standish Wilder AWMM

Service number

• WWI 11/273 AWMM
• WWII 31049 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

24 May 1889 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 Otane, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Maud Wilder (mother), care of Cyril William, Otane, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
• Pre 1940-1941 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 11/273 AWMM
• WWII 31049 AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
  08 Mar 1919 AWMM
  London Gazette. AWMM
• Military Cross (MC) AWMM
  Major Wilder has been on Active Service since 1915 and has won his distinctions and promotions in the hardest fighting on the Western Front. AWMM
• Volunteer Officer's Decoration (VD) AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Twice AWMM
  London Gazette 1 December 1916, p11808 | London Gazette 14 June 1918, p6451 AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1
• WW2 1940-1941 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.513 Farmer/Civilian 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.513

Embarkation details

• WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 6 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Vessel was Orari or Arawa AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM
• WW2 Lieutenant Colonel/Military 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.513 Headquarters, 25th (Wellington) Battalion 2NZEF Nom. Roll 3, p.513 Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24064609
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24269075
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-004949.html
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 778
• Williams, E. G. (1914-1918). [Williams Album 2]. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-ALB-211.
• Williams, E. G. (1917-1918). [Williams Album 4]. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira. PH-ALB-213.
• 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
• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.513
• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• Puttick, E. (1960). 25 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.