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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Sydney Trentham Wilkins |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Rifleman |
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| Forename(s): |
Sydney Trentham |
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| Surname: |
Wilkins |
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| War: |
World War I, 1914-1918 |
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| Serial No.: |
23/2123 |
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| Gender: |
Male |
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| First Known Rank: |
Rifleman |
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| Occupation before Enlistment: |
Drainlayer |
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| Next of Kin: |
J.T. Wilkins (father), 2 Mount Street, Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
4th Reinforcements 1st Battalion, E Company |
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| Embarkation Date: |
4 March 1916 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Wellington, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
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| Vessel: |
Willochra or Tofua |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Nominal Roll Number: |
26 |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
30 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 3rd |
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| Place of Death: |
Somme, France |
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| Date of Death: |
15 September 1916 |
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| Age at Death: |
30 |
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| Year of Death: |
1916 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Sydney Wilkins was the son of John Thomas Wilkins, of Fern Flats, Marton, Wanganui, New Zealand, and the late Edith Elizabeth Wilkins. Native of Trentham, Hutt Valley, Wellington. |
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| Archives NZ source: |
Military personnel file |
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| Sources Used: |
- Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org
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