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WILLIAMS, Arthur
(Service number 47615)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Bushman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Miss Nellie WILLIAMS (sister), Mill Road, Waimate
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	26th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Date	6 September 1917
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Wounded on 15 September 1918 - 27 September 1918 reported wounded; 28 September 1918, 8 October 1918 reported wounded & admitted to hospital.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date		Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

1918 reported wounded & admitted to hospital - Lance Corporal, A.I.R.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [09 Match 2014]; Timaru Herald, 8 & 9 October 1918, Evening Post, 8 October 1918, Auckland Star, 8 October 1918, Marlborough Express, 9 October 1918, Oamaru Mail, 10 October 1918 (Papers Past) [08 & 10 March 2014]

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