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Robert Donald Wilson

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Robert Bain Wilson and Emily Alice Wilson, of Otaki.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

" A serious motor car accident occurred at Carterton at 2.30 this morning. Two men. Gunner R. D. Wilson, aged 26, and Mr Henry Ihaia Hutana, a Home Guardsman, of Porangahau, aged about 26. were travelling from Waipukurau to the Wellington district. Hutana was driving the car, which crashed into an electric power pole. Both men were injured. Gunner Wilson seriously, and were admitted to the Greytown Hospital. Inquiries today revealed that Gunner Wilson's condition is critical. He is suffering from severe head injuries. Mr Hutana is suffering from facial abrasions and shock." [ Otago Daily Times, Issue 25027, 22 September 1942, Page 2 ]

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Casualty

Service Number: 
419083
Name:
Robert Donald Wilson
Rank: 
Gunner
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
New Zealand Military Forces

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Motor Vehicle Accident
Date of Death:
21 September 1942
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
26
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Waipawa Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
47. 6. AA.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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