COLONEL N. R. WILSON.
(From Our Correspondent.)
DUNEDIN, this day.
The death has occurred of LieutenantColonel Newman Robert Wilson, at the age of 51. Colonel Wilson served in the Great War, winning the D.S.O. and M.C. At the conclusion of hostilities he was appointed officer in command of the South Canterbury battalion of the Territorial forces, and, on the outbreak of the present war, he was appointed to the command of Group 2 of the National Military Reserve. Colonel Wilson had served on the executive of the Dunedin branch of the Returned Soldiers' Association for several years, and was a past president of the association. He was manager for a considerable period of the Otago Farmers' Co-operative Association, and was a past president of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 13, 16 January 1940, Page 4
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