Wilson Cameron Morrison

Forenames

Wilson Cameron AWMM

Surname

Morrison AWMM

Service number

• 37 AWMM
• 11/625 AWMM
• 11/1625 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

• Unknown AWMM unknown AWMM
• Unknown AWMM 11 Albert Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Mrs M. Morrison, Okaiawa, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs Olive Catherine Morrison (wife), 11 Albert Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 21 Oct 1899 AWMM Single AWMM
• Pre 14 Aug 1915 AWMM Married AWMM

War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• 37 AWMM
• 11/625 AWMM
• 11/1625 AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa Farmer/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM Unknown/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa Vessel was Waiwera AWMM Private AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent, 1 Company AWMM 1st Contingent AWMM
• WW1 14 Aug 1915-19 Sep 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 28 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Major/Military AWMM Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM 6th Reinforcements AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM
Died after discharge from the NZEF from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Major/Military AWMM
Headquarters, Staff Divisional Corps AWMM

Death

25 Nov 1918 AWMM

Age at death

43

Public - Sarndra - 30 May 2020 - Headstone

Place of death

Wairarapa Terrace, Fendalton, Christchurch, New Zealand

Public - Sarndra - 30 May 2020 - obituary, see obituary field

Cause of death

• Died after Discharge from Wounds Inflicted or Disease Contracted while on Active Service AWMM
• Heart failure following an attack of influenza
  Public - Sarndra - 30 May 2020 - obituary, see obituary field

Cemetery

• Linwood Cemetery, Entrance off Butterfield Avenue, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM Block 48. Plot 158. AWMM
• Linwood Cemetery AWMM

Obituary

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNCH19181126.2.6?items_per_page=10&page=2&phrase=2&query=wilson+cameron+morrison&snippet=true&sort_by=byDA

Public - Sarndra - 30 May 2020 - National Library of New Zealand; Paperspast portal

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20524678
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference
• The Friends of Linwood Cemetery
  http://www.linwoodcemetery.org.nz/
  Further Reference
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
  http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
  Sources Used

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 521
• St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co.
• Chronicles of the N.Z.E.F.: Records of Matters Concerning the Troops and Gazette of Patriotic Effort [London, England] : New Zealand War Contingent Association, [1916-1919]
  Chronicles of the NZEF (1918, December 20). p. 263.
• Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 5: Includes portrait
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.