Staff Corps
Died November 25th 1918
New Zealand Expeditionary Forces
South Africa 1899 – 1902
Gallipoli, Egypt, France
And of
A loved wife and mother
Olive Catherine MORRISON
Died September 14th 1964
Aged 85 years

Wilson’s cause of death: Influenza and heart failure[4]
Block 48 Plot 158
At the time of his death he was receiving 575 pounds per year which equates to c 102,000 pounds today.

According to his military records he returned by the ‘Willochra’ on 28-9-1916 suffering from suffering from Neurasthenia**. His progress improved and he was found fit for service.

Wilson’s Cenotaph database record [with portrait]:
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/34733.detail?O…

Wilson’s Commonwealth War Graves record:
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=642378

Wilson’s military records are accessible online:
archives.govt.nz/digitalarchive/archives:25618

Wilson’s probate is available:
www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22394367

MARRIAGE
Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume L, Issue 9010, 5 February 1906, Page 4
MORRISON – MUIR. At St..Mary’s Church, Hawera, on December 29, 1906, by the Rev. J. A. Jacob,
Wilson Cameron, youngest son of Mrs M. Morrison, Hawera, to Olive Catherine, third daughter of Quentin Muir, Esq., of Grantham, Hawera.[1]

Children of Marriage[5]:
Olive Quentina b 2 Dec 1906
Eileen Ethelmay b 30 Aug 1910
Mary Cameron b 1 July 1914

NZ Military Pensions 1900 A-Z
Schedule: Part 1
Forces enrolled in New Zealand[3]
MORRISON, Wilson Cameron
Rank Private
Number: 37
Unit: N1C1C
Next of Kin: Mrs M MORRISON, Okaiawa, Taranaki

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXIII, Issue 8940, 11 September 1914, Page 6
Temporary rank of Major appointed
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=AG…

Olive MORRISON
At the time of her husband’s death lived at 26 Wairarapa Terrace, Fendalton, Christchurch[5]

Olive’s probate is available:
www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=22318718

Wilson and Olive’s daughter:
Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 10, 12 July 1937, Page 14
BRADEY-MORRISON. | The engagement is announced and the marriage will take place shortly in Christchurch, of Olive Quentina, eldest daughter of Mrs. Morrison and the late Major Wilson Morrison, N.Z.S.C. Fendalton, Christchurch, to Frederick Roy, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bradey, Glenbrook, Pahautanui. [2]

References:
*
aka William Cameron MORRISON
**
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neurasthenia

[1]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s…
[2]
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s…
[3]
shadowsoftime.co.nz/pensions4.html
[4]
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sooty/NZDeaths…
[5]
Military records

With thanks to Sarndra Lees