WILLIAMS, Nathan
(Service number 7/734)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Lance-corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 21 October 1873 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Hatton Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Shepherd | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Susan WILLIAMS (mother), Hatton Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 2nd Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 14 December 1914 | ||
| Transport | Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 24 August 1945 | Age | 71 yrs |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Son of Walter & Susan (nee FISHER) WILLIAMS. Educated at Timaru Main School. Returned to New Zealand from the front & arrived in Timaru by train on 15th October 1917. Married Nora Angelina BROSNAHAN in 1919. Also served in the South African War, one of many South Cantabrians to do so. Brother William WILLIAMS also served in WWI.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [08 March 2014]; NZ BDM Indexes (DIA) [08 March 2014]; Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database (Bromley Cemetery) [10 March 2014]; Timaru Herald, 16 October 1917 (Papers Past) [07 March 2014]
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