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Walter Henderson Wilson

1886-1935

Unit

2nd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

21456

About

Born in New Zealand

19 May 1886
Parent

Father

John Wilson
Residence

Hometown

Roslyn
Work

Occupation

Coal-miner

Employer

New Zealand Coal & Oil Company
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 48

16 January 1935

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 97/0124160, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.34, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 42.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Walter Henderson Wilson (1886-1935)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/922

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