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Hugh Gordon Wilson

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  • Service number
    • WWI 4/522 AWMM
    • NZ1017 Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Also known as
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Air Force Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Last rank
  • War
    • World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
    • World War II Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Military Personnel File
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Hugh Gordon AWMM
  • Surname
    Wilson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 4/522 AWMM
    • NZ1017 Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 April 1894 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    1 April 1894 Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Place of birth
    Porangahau, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 59 Ellice Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    R. Wilson,Glendee, High Street, Dannevirke, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 16 October 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
    • 27 January 1926 Married Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Military Personnel File

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    • World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
    • World War II Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • Air Force Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Service number
    • WWI 4/522 AWMM
    • NZ1017 Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Military service
    RNZAF Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards
    • British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
    • Military Medal (MM) AWMM
      London Gazette 19 February 1917, p1757, Rec No 514 AWMM
    • Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) (Military Division)
      Military Medal (MM)
      1914-15 Star
      British War Medal 1914-19
      Victory Medal
      1939-45 War Medal
      NZ War Service Medal
      NZ Long & Efficient Service Medal Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Military Personnel File

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
    Civil Servant, NZ Defence Department Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Military Personnel File
  • 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank
    Squadron Leader Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Military Personnel File

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    3 July 1966 Public Source
  • Date of death
    3 July 1966 Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Burial and Cremation Search. http://www.purewa.co.nz/search.asp.
  • Age at death
    72 years Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Burial and Cremation Search. http://www.purewa.co.nz/search.asp.
  • Place of death
    Auckland, New Zealand Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Burial and Cremation Search. http://www.purewa.co.nz/search.asp.
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Auckland Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Burial and Cremation Search. http://www.purewa.co.nz/search.asp.
  • Grave reference
    Block Z Row 8 Plot 78 Public - Phil - Researcher - 20 September 2015 - Purewa Cemetery and Crematorium, Burial and Cremation Search. http://www.purewa.co.nz/search.asp.
  • 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/R22021692
    Further Reference
  • References
    • McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 790 AWMM

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20 September 2015PhilNew ZealandResearcher

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