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WILLIAMS, Herbert Ralph
(Service number 29201)

Aliases
First Rank	Corporal	Last Rank

Birth

Date	27/02/1894	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs J, A, WILLIAMS (mother), Beverley Road, Timaru
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	19th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	15 November 1916
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth or Devonport, England

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
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Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Clerk

Death

Date	30 July 1954	Age	60 yrs
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 59, Plot 1492
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of John Alexander & Eleanor (nee HAMBLETON) WILLIAMS. Married Gertrude Margaret HANNA in 1919. Educated at George Street School, Dunedin, & Waimataitai School, Timaru. Brother Leslie John WILLIAMS died in WWI. Herbert was in camp ready to leave for overseas service when his brother Leslie was killed in action.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [07 March 2014]; TDC headstone image (Timaru Cemetery) [07 March 2014]

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