John Reginald Wilfred Wilson

Forenames

John Reginald Wilfred AWMM

Surname

Wilson AWMM

Also known as

R. Wilfred Wilson AWMM

Service number

• WWI 36188 AWMM
• South African 190 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1876 BDM 1876/8002

Date of birth

5th September 1876

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Place of birth

Invercargill

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Birth notes

Son of James Willon & Edith Southey WILSON

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Address before enlistment

Strathmore, via Strafford

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Next of kin

Mrs Edith Southey Wilson (mother), Balclutha, Otago, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Single

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War

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

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 36188 AWMM
• South African 190 AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa Farmer/Civilian Ministry for Culture and Heritage
• WW1 12 Oct 1916 AWMM Farm manager/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa 21 Oct 1899 Ministry for Culture and Heritage
  Waiwera Ministry for Culture and Heritage Private Ministry for Culture and Heritage New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent AWMM
• WW1 31 May 1917-19 Oct 1917 AWMM
  Moeraki 31 May 1917 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki AWMM Trooper AWMM 26th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Moeraki then transhipped to "Port Lincoln" at Sydney for Suez. AWMM

Death

1960 BDM 1960/22580
Age  83 AWMM

Cemetery

Waipukurau Cemetery AWMM

Related objects

External links

• WW1 Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22021828
  Further Reference
• South African War Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20524334
  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

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  64: 5
• St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co.
  Archives NZ: W5515|62|6112
• Stowers, R. (2002). Rough Riders at War: history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer war 1899-1902 and information on all members of the ten New Zealand contingents. Author: Hamilton, N.Z.