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Geoffrey Victor Wild

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Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 81), Page: 21 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 4 (Roll 81), Page: 21 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Geoffrey Victor AWMM
  • Surname
    Wild AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 57894 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    13 June 1897 AWMM Oraki, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    H.A. Wild (father), 78 Dalrymple Road, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 57894 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 13 June 1917 AWMM Law student/Civilian AWMM
  • 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

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Born in Tihaka (formerly Oraki, west of Riverton)

    The Auckland Museum Manuscripts Collection contains two spiral-bound typed transcripts of Geoffrey Wild's war diary and letters written home to his family in New Zealand (MS 2004/59). AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    1 November 1974 AWMM
    Age 77 AWMM
    Lower Hutt, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22019205
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      81: 21 AWMM
    • Wakelin, Dorothy. Diary and letters relating to war service of Geoffrey Victor Wild, 2003. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2004/59. 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. 4: Includes portrait AWMM

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