English Māori Harry William Wilson Died 4 October 1917 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 25763 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, 4 Company AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories Panel Wilson, G.McF. - Wilson, J.A. (phot … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesHarry William AWMM SurnameWilson AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 25763 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationEdward Wilson (father), Clevedon, New Zealand AWMM Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign1914-1919 Western Front AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 25763 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 16 Oct 1916-28 December 1916 AWMM to AWMM HMNZT 66 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Private AWMM 18th Reinforcements, Specialist Machine-Gun Section AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, 4 Company AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Harry Wilson was the son of James Edward and Margaret Wilson, of Clevedon, Auckland, New Zealand.Brother of Sergeant Robert Douglas Wilson (13/154), who died of wounds at Gallipoli on 9 August 1915.According to the Official History of the New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, Private Wilson was killed on 4 October 1917, and buried near Gravenstrafel (Luxford 1923).Date of death may have been 4 October or 5 October 1917. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death4 October 1917 AWMM Age 21 AWMM Ypres, Belgium AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference ObituaryPrivate Harry W. Wilson, of the Machine-gun Corps, who was killed in action in Palestine [?] last month, was a son of Mr. J. E. Wilson, of Clevedon. An elder brother, Sergeant Douglas Wilson, of the Main Body, of the Auckland Mounted Rifles, was killed on Gallipoli. (Auckland Weekly News, 29 November 1917, p. 20) AWMM Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameTyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Harry William Wilson by laying a poppy. Harry Lucas Wilson Harry Montefiore Wilson Harry William Wilson Harvey Ean Wilson Harvey Richard Wilson Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Harry William Wilson Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects Roll call Library / Pictorial › publication On board ship D526.2 ROL Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy) Library / Pictorial › manuscripts and archives MS-2016-2 Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22021662 Further Reference A Street Near You record https://astreetnearyou.org/person/848356/- Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/848356 Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 43: 19 AWMM Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. AWMM p. 255. AWMM Auckland Weekly News AWMM Obituary: Auckland Weekly News, 29 November 1917, p. 20. AWMM Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
