John Wilson

1881-1959

Unit

5th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37692

About

Born in New Zealand

14 February 1881
Parents

Mother

Jane Forrester Wilson

Father

Andrew Wilson
Live

Hometown

Hamilton
Work

Occupation

Miner
Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 78

15 July 1959

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5557 94/0123879, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.62, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “John Wilson (1881-1959)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/919