Geoffrey Crawcour Wilson

I whānau mai i te 26 Nov 1893 - I mate atu i te 12 Oct 1917

Nama Hōia: WWI 24/327 AWMM
Ingoa kārangaranga: Geoffrey Cracow AWMM
Geoffrey Cracow AWMM
Te Ope o Tū / te peka: Army AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga: WW1 Rifleman AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, A Company AWMM
Pakanga: World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

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Pakanga: World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
Kauhanga riri: 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
1917 AWMM Passchendaele AWMM
Te Ope o Tū / te peka: Army AWMM
Nama Hōia: WWI 24/327 AWMM
Urunga ki te ope taua: D Company, 13th Regiment AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, D Company AWMM
Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga: —

Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua

Mētara me ngā Tohu: 1914-1915 Star AWMM
British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
Victory Medal AWMM

Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu

Whakangungu ope taua: —
Branch Trade Proficiency: —
Te urunga: WW1 28 May 1915 AWMM
Age 21 AWMM
Farmer/Civilian AWMM
Pakeke i te whakaurunga: —
Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka: —

Te maha o ngā ekenga waka

Taipitopito ekenga waka: WW1 09 Oct 1915-17 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 30 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Rifleman AWMM A Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Whakapapa hauora

Tuhinga hauora: Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 feet 4 1/4 inches AWMM
Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
132 pounds AWMM
Chest expansion, Unknown Period AWMM
33 inches (min), 36 inches (max) AWMM
Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
Dark AWMM
Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Dark brown AWMM
Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Black AWMM
Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Admitted to 15 General Hospital on 11 January 1916 (reason not stated). Discharged to Duty (Class A) on 19 January 1916. Rejoined unit on 11 February 1916. AWMM
Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Hospitalised in France sometime in June 1916 (reason not stated). Rejoined unit on 26 June 1916. AWMM
Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Wounded (gunshot wound to head and left shoulder) in France on 30 September 1916. Shipped to England on 8 October 1916. Admitted to hospital on 9 October (see service record for further details), and then to Walton-on-Thames. Transferred to Base Depot at Codford on 21 November 1916. AWMM
Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana

Te tūnga whakamutunga: WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, A Company AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga: —

Kōrero taurongo

Geoffrey Wilson was the son of William Alfred and Elizabeth Emily Wilson (née Crawcour), of St. Breock, Vicarage Road, Woodford Bridge, Essex, England.

Period of Service:

New Zealand: 134days.

Overseas: 2 years 4 days.

Total Service: 2 years 138 days.

Recorded as Geoffrey Cracow in the Nominal Rolls

"A hardworking military man: Rifleman Geoffrey Crawcour Wilson

An English-born farmer from Rotokohu, 21 year old Rifleman Wilson volunteered for service in 1915. He served in the New Zealand Army for a period of 2 years and 138 days.

Serving with the 2nd Battalion, 3rd New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade during the Egyptian Campaign of 1915-1916, he was wounded twice in 1916 and subsequently hospitalised in France.

In late 1916, Rifleman Wilson’s battalion moved to the Western Front, for the last phase of the Battle of the Somme, and the Battle of Messines before eventually moving to Passchendaele.

The 3rd Battle of Ypres had begun in July 1917, and by the time the New Zealand battalions were engaged at Passchendaele in early October initial successes had faded with heavy rain and artillery fire turning the battlefield into a quagmire.

On the morning of the 12th October, the 2nd Battalion advanced across open ground towards Bellevue Spur on the Passchendaele Ridge, which unknown to them had been fortified with German concrete pillboxes armed with machine guns. Many soldiers, including Wilson, were killed as they pressed on against heavy opposition.

Following Wilson’s death, his family in England were presented with his 1914-1915 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal, in addition to the 'death penny' given to each bereaved family.

This single tag was returned to his family, along with his 16th Waikato collar badge engraved with the motto: “Ka Whawhai, Tonu, Ake Ake”. Excerpt from Coombe, Sophie. 'Faces of Passchendaele', Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira, Published: 12/10/2018. AWMM

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