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Edith Jo Wilson

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Edith Jo AWMM
  • Surname
    Wilson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Edith Johanna Wilson AWMM
    • Edith Johanna Steele AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 31573 AWMM
  • Gender
    Female AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 August 1907 WWII NZANS Roll
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM C/o A. Munroe Wilson, Rural Delivery, Tuakau, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM C/o A. Munroe Wilson, Rural Delivery, Tuakau, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs A.A. Wilson (mother), Rural Delivery, Tuakau, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs A.A. Wilson (mother), Rural Delivery, Tuakau, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Greece AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 31573 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
    1930 WWII NZANS Roll
    Place of Nursing training and date of qualification / registration AWMM
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Sister E. Wilson was a nurse with 1 New Zealand General Hospital in Greece. She and other nurses were lucky to escape when the allied forces withdrew.

    In March 1941 New Zealand defended Greece as part of the 'N' force. In hindsight it was a hopeless military task, one which the New Zealanders and Australians had been reluctant to undertake. New Zealand was forced to withdraw and evacuate forces with heavy casualties. Of the 16,720 New Zealanders who served in Greece, 291 were killed, 599 wounded and 1614 taken prisoner.

    A letter from Sister E. Wilson to 'Molly', dated 1 December 1941, is on display at the Auckland War Memorial Museum exhibit 'Greece and Crete' of 'Scars on the Heart'. AWMM
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Death

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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
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  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
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  • Obituary
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Sources

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  • External links
    New Zealand Military Nursing: New Zealand Army Nursing Service - Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps.
    http://www.nzans.org/index.htm
    Further Reference
  • References
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 202 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 12: WW2 209 AWMM
    • Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett. AWMM
    • McNabb, S. (2015). 100 years New Zealand military nursing : New Zealand Army nursing service : Royal New Zealand Nursing Corps, 1915-2015. Hawke's Bay, N.Z.: Sherayl McNabb. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.95 AWMM

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