WILLETTS, Albert John Morse
(Service number 8/1859)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
|---|
Birth
| Date | 28 January 1890 | Place of Birth | Oamaru |
|---|
Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Address at Enlistment | Dee Street, Oamaru | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | (1) C. WILLETTS (father), Dee Street, Oamaru; (2) Charles WILLETTS (father), Dee Street, Oamaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
|---|
Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | (1) 4th Reinforcements; (2) New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | (1) Otago Infantry Battalion; (2) 10th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company | ||
| Date | (1) 17 April 1915; (2) 4 March 1916 | ||
| Transport | (1) Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo; (2) Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | (2) Suez, Egypt | |
| Other Units Served With | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Unit Served With | |||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Medals | |||
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 |
Death
| Date | 27 February 1950 | Age | 60 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Death | (Waimate) | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Oamaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Albert John Morse Willetts, known as Bert, was the oldest son of Charles Obed and Christina Clark (née Cottrell) Willetts. He was educated at Papakaio and Oamaru South schools. His younger brothers, Arthur Henry Willetts and Edwin Percy Willetts, both served in World War I. The Auckland Museum Library's manuscripts collection holds an autograph album containing an entry by Willetts while he was convalescing at No. 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, England, in June 1918. [ref. Cenotaph Database]
Sources
External Links
Related Documents
No documents available.
Researched and Written by
Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
Currently Assigned to
Not assigned.
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise stated.
Tell us more
Do you have information that could be added to this story? Or related images that you are happy to share? Submit them here!