Wilfred Elles Bannerman[a] (8 September 1888 – 8 February 1944) was a New Zealand cricketer.
[4][5] Bannerman played club cricket for Carisbrook Cricket Club[6][7] and for the Bank of New Zealand,[8][9] and made his Plunket Shield debut for Otago in December 1911 in a match against Canterbury.
[4] He was promoted to lance-corporal and later in the year embarked for Egypt where he served until he was declared unfit for active service on account of flat feet and varicose veins in his left foot―conditions which had been noted when he attested but which had been exacerbated by his service.
[12] His old brother Hugh attested in 1917 and served as a lieutenant in 7 battalion, Otago Regiment.
He was killed in action on the Ypres Salient shortly after arriving in Belgium in December 1917.