Walter Arthur Wilson

1880-1956

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.4

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1560

About

Born in Scotland

17 October 1880
Residence

Hometown

Stirling
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Own
Personal Life

Marital Status

Married

Wife

Hannah Wilson

Army Experience

  • Royal Navy

    United Kingdom

  • 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 75

    16 June 1956

    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 97/0124159, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 5.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Walter Arthur Wilson (1880-1956)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/921