Trooper

Charles Wilson

Conflict: 
WW1
References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

" A returned soldier named Charles Wilson, while returning from Dunedin to Port Charles under escort yesterday afternoon, escaped from a train at  Burke's. He later went to the Port, commandeered a small boat, and attempted  to row to Quarantine Island. The sea was rough, and Wilson was seen at 6.30 p.m. struggling in the water. The police  secured a launch and went to the rescue but Wilson disappeared, and his body was not recovered." [Auckland Star, Volume XLVIII, Issue 305, 22 December 1917, Page 6]

According to his service record, Wilson was a patient at Quarantine Island, having been returned from hospitals in Australia. He was being escorted from the Island to hospital in Dunedin and it was on the return, that he escaped from the Military Police escort. No Court of Enquiry or Coroners Court was held.

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
17550
Name:
Charles Wilson
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Sherwood (friend), 46 Stanley Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Seaman
Unit:
NZEF, 19th Reinforcements

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Date of Death:
21 December 1917
Day of Death:
Friday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
05 December 1916
Transport:
HMNZT 70
Vessel:
Waihora
Destination:
Suez, Egypt (13 January 1917)

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Charles Wilson
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