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Cyril Hugh Wilson

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Photograph of Cyril Hugh Wilson 50732. Image kindly provided by the Wilson Family (May 2018). Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Photograph of Cyril Hugh Wilson 50732. Image kindly provided by the Wilson Family (May 2018). Image …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Cyril Hugh AWMM
  • Surname
    Wilson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 50732 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Methodist, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    19 May 1912 AWMM Gladstone, Invercargill AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM 63 Burns St., Dunedin AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1944 AWMM 63 Burns St., Dunedin AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. Thelma Wilson, 63 Burns St., Dunedin (w) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. T. Wilson, 63 Burns St., Dunedin (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • Fiji AWMM
    • Italy AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 50732 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    • WW2 14 August 1940 2NZEF Nom. Roll 8, p.46 Clerk 2NZEF Nom. Roll 8, p.46
      Dunedin, Otago 2NZEF Nom. Roll 8, p.46
    • WW2 1944 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.136 Clerk 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.136
      Dunedin, Otago 2NZEF Nom. Roll 13, p.136
  • 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
    • Height, WWII AWMM
      5ft 7in AWMM
    • Complexion, WWII AWMM
      Fair AWMM
    • Eye colour, WWII AWMM
      Blue AWMM
    • Hair colour, WWII AWMM
      Fair AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served with:
    38th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery
    6th Battery Artillery, 3rd Feild Regiment
    10th Battery
    2nd NZEF
    31st NZ Self Propelled Bty
    7th NZ A/TK Regiment

    Post war:
    RSA Dunedin - Asst Secretary 1951-1956
    RSA Gore - Secretary 1956-1957
    Dunedin Provincial Patriotic Council - Secretary 1957-1 961
    RSA Dunedin - Secretary 1961-1973

    lnvolved in the following
    Otago Lawn Tennis Association as Secretary Treasurer
    Chartered lnstitute of Secretaries
    Senior Justice of the Peace (Sat on the Bench)
    Dunedin Tin Hat Club- Life Member- Secretary Treasurer
    RSA Hospital Visiting and Wetfare Officer
    RSA Certificate of Merit for Meritorious Service.
    The youngest of four brothers who were the sons of a soldier killed on Gallipoli on 7th August 1915.
    Cyril's working life was devoted to the welfare.of exservice-personel and their dependents while his family life revolved around his wife, 2 sons and the extended family. AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    21 December 1981 AWMM
    Age 69 AWMM
    Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
    Christchurch Star AWMM
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 8 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1942 to 30th June, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.46 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 13 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1944 to 31st March, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.136 AWMM
    • The Christchurch Star AWMM
      Death notice: 23 December 1981 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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