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WILLIAMS, William Richard
(Service number 48867)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	9 April 1898	Place of Birth	Greymouth

Enlistment Information

Date	22 January 1917	Age	18 years 9 months
Address at Enlistment	24 Harper Street, Timaru
Occupation	Salesman
Previous Military Experience	1st Canterbury - serving
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs R. J. WILLIAMS (mother), 21 Threadneedle Street, Greymouth
Religion	Church of England or Methodist
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 8 inches. Weight 134 lbs. Chest measurement 33-35½ inches. Complexion brown. Eyes light brown. Hair dark brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & Lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Fit.

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, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	9 June 1917
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

Date	26 February 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

19 December 1917 admitted to 3rd NZ General Hospital at Codford (VD Section); 26 March 1918 discharged from VD Convalescant Section. 2 July 1918 left Hornchurch; 10 July 1918 reported to Codford. 29 July 1918 admitted 3rd NZ General Hospital at codford - angina. 15 August 1918 discharged from VD Convalescant Section to duty at 3rd NZ General Hospital. 30 August 1918 discharged from 3rd NZ General Hospital to Command Depot.

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	*1980	Age
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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Richard Williams, born on 9 April 1898 at Greymouth, was the eldest son of Richard Jones and Mary (née Bourke) Williams, and fifth in a family of twelve. William embarked for the reurn to New Zealand per the "Briyon" on 24 December 1919 at Plymouth.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [07 December 2017]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5557 0123110) [08 December 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [07 December 2017]; Temuka Leader, 23 January 1917 (Papers Past) [02 December 2017]

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