Lieutenant

Edmund Robinson Wilson

MiD (WW1)

Awards

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of William Arthur Wilson, of 15, Wallace St., Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand, and the late Mary Winter Wilson. Native of Drogheda, Ireland.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
10/75
Name:
Edmund Robinson Wilson
Rank: 
Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Place of Birth: 
Drigheda, Ireland
Next of Kin: 
Miss Jeanie Susan Wilson, 15 Wallace Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Devonshire House, Masterton, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Wellington Regiment, Machine Gun Section

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action, at Walker's Ridge
Date of Death:
27 April 1915
Day of Death:
Tuesday
Age at Death: 
33
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
Main Body
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
16 October 1914
Transport:

HMNZT 7
HMNZT 10
Vessel:
Limerick or Arawa
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
75
Cemetery Location: 
Turkey
Edmund Robinson Wilson
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