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WILLIAMS, Roland Sinclair
(Service number 32412)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	12/06/1896	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Teamster
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Miss E. M. WILLIAMS (sister), care of T. WILLIAMS, Tinwald, Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	10th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	15 November 1916
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

Military Medal (MM) - for gallantry during the severe fighting in May 1918

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

Gassed on one occasion and slightly on another (prior to August 1918).

Post-war Occupations

Electrician

Death

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

Biographical Notes

Roland Sinclair WILLIAMS was a son of Edward and Fanny (nee HAYMAN) WILLIAMS. When he enlisted, Roland was living at Pleasant Point where he was engaged in farm work. He was employed for some time with Mr J. Norton of Prospect Farmer, by whome he was highly respected.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [11 April 2014]; Timaru Herald, 7 August 1918 (Papers Past) [11 April 2014]

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