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WILLIAMS, James Henry
(Service number 49661)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Shepherd
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Miss Ellen WILLIAMS (sister), Mill Road, Waimate, Canterbury
Religion
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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	27th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	12 June 1917
Transport	Tahiti
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

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No information

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Discharge

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Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

23 October 1918 he was wounded & admitted to hospital.

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Death

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Biographical Notes

Son of Edward & Ellen WILLIAMS. Brother Edward Francis also served in WWI. In 1920 he gained Section 6, Bankfield, in the Land Ballot (Soldier Settlement).

Sources

Cenotaph Database [10 March 2014]; Timaru Herald, 14 February 1917, 8 November 1918, 2 June 1920 [X 2 mentions] (Papers Past) [08 March 2014, 10 March 2014]

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