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Charles John Wilson

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 34), Page: 22 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 34), Page: 22 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles John AWMM
  • Surname
    Wilson AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 16473 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    10 October 1880 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Yorkshire, England Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss Ella Wilson (daughter), 18 Perth Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 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 16473 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 Unknown AWMM Driver/Military 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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 11" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      160 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Wellington, 26 June 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 22 August 1916; marched in to Sling Camp, 23 August 1916, and reverted to rank of Driver.
    Admitted to hospital, Codford, 21 September 1916 (frontal suppurating sinus); transferred to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 25 September 1916; to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 5 January 1917; to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 19 January 1917.
    Taken off strength NZEF and placed on NZ Roll, 18 March 1917.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HMNZT 'Maheno', 18 March 1917; discharged (no longer physically for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 23 November 1917.
    Total war service: 2 years 193 days (of which 317 days were abroad) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
  • 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

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