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Mervyn Vance Wilson

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of Mervyn Patterson Stuart Wilson and Evelyn May Wilson, of Whangarei, Northland; husband of Audrey Elizabeth Wilson, of Whangarei.

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Biographical Notes:

DEATH AFTER RETURN - ACCIDENT IN ENGLAND, WHANGAREI, Friday As a result of injuries received while in England, Lieutenant Mervyn Vance Wilson died at the Whangarei Hospital this afternoon. Lieutenant Wilson, who was 32 years of age, went overseas with the second echelon in an anti-tank unit. He was injured during manoeuvres in England and invalided back to New Zealand, being discharged from the Army shortly after his return.

[Waikato Times, Volume 129, Issue 21525, 13 September 1941, Page 6]

 

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Casualty

Service Number: 
20279
Name:
Mervyn Vance Wilson
Rank: 
Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
New Zealand Ordnance Corps

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of Wounds
Date of Death:
12 September 1941
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
32
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery: 
Whangarei (Maunu) Public Cemetery
Cemetery Reference: 
1448
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
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