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Cenotaph record

James Tweedie Wilson

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Tweedie AWMM
  • Surname
    Wilson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    South African 3806 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 September 1881 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 13 January 1901 AWMM Mabel Bush, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Agnes Wilson (mother), Mabel Bush, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    South Africa 13 January 1901 AWMM
    Age 20 AWMM AWMM
  • 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
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 9.5 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      10 stone 6 pounds AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Agnes Wilson and Alexander Wilson.

    Husband of Hannah Isabel (Isabella) Wilson (nee Pay).

    Enrolled in Southland Mounted Rifles 1900, retired as Lieutenant 1912.

    Father was named Alexander Wilson. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1 April 1959 AWMM
    Age 77 AWMM
    Invercargill, Southland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    • Eastern Cemetery, Corner of East & Rockdale Roads, Invercargill, Southland, New Zealand AWMM Block 32 Plot 379 AWMM
    • Eastern Invercargill Cemetery AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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