Colin Simson Wylds

Gunner

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Frank and Val Wylds, of Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand; husband of Esther Wylds, of Tauranga, Auckland.

References:

CWGC

WW2 RoH

NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number:

28956

Name:

Colin Simson Wylds

Name variation:

COLIN SIMPSON

Rank:

Gunner

Date of Birth:

Not known

Next of Kin:

Mrs Esther N. Wylds (wife), C/o A. Blair, Otumoetai, Tauranga, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

C/o Farmers' Co-op, Hawera, Taranaki, New Zealand

Occupation on Enlistment:

Mercantile Clerk

Unit:

New Zealand Artillery, 5 Field Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

02 December 1941

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Alamein Memorial

Cemetery Reference:

Column 99.

Cemetery Location:

Egypt