John Claverly Wilkin

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

John Claverly AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Wilkin AWMM

Nama Hōia

36000 AWMM

Ira tangata

Male AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

Unknown AWMM 212 Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Uri kiritahi

Mrs A.A. Wilkin (mother), 212 Willis Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna

Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Army AWMM

Nama Hōia

36000 AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 Unknown AWMM Waiter/Civilian AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Private AWMM 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

Private AWMM
27 (Machine Gun) Battalion AWMM

John Wilkin was the son of Frank William Wilkin and of Alice Angus Wilkin (nee Johns), of Wellington City, New Zealand. AWMM

Matenga

31 Jul 1941 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed on Active Service AWMM

Urupā

Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM K. 84. AWMM

Mea e whai hononga ai

Hononga ki waho

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2274429
Sources Used

Ngā tuhinga

• 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.
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• Kay, R. (1958). 27 (Machine Gun) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• The kai-courier. Magazine of returning forces on board H.M.T. No. 230, 'Kaikoura'. Departing Suez on 6 March 1919.