WILLIAMS, Ernest
(Service number 2/822. Service Number changed from 2/822 to 15/822A on Personnel Records.)
| First Rank | Gunner | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 13/09/1894 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 18 Macdonald Crescent, Wellington | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Joseph WILLIAMS, care of C.F.C.A., Waimate, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Field Artillery | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Limerick or Arawa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 8 June 1964 | Age | 71 yrs |
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| Place of Death | Dunedin | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Andersons Bay Crematorium, Dunedin (William Ernest WILLIAMS) | ||
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Biographical Notes
Son of Joseph & Louisa Ann (nee GAY) WILLIAMS. Brother Alfred WILLIAMS also served in WWI. Brother Thomas Henry WILLIAMS served in the South African War. Death recorded in Personnel Records & in cremation record as William Ernest WILLIAMS. Service number has been changed from 2/822 to 15/522a on Personnel Record. Ernest would have been only 19 years old when he embarked for the Suez in 1914. Educated at Waimate School. Ernest & Alfred returned to NZ on Transport 203 in January 1919.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [08 March 2014]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 XXXXXXXXW) [14 March 2014]; NZ BDM Indexes (DIA) [08 March 2014]; DCC Cremation Record (Andersons Bay) [15 March 2014]; Otago Daily Times, 2 January 1919 (Papers Past) [10 March 2014]
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