WILLIAMS, Owen Wallis
(Service number 23/1875)
| First Rank | Captain | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 5 August 1882 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Schoolmaster | ||
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| Marital Status | Married Elsie Clara STEVENSON, 26 December 1907, at Avonside Church, Christchurch. Lory Gareth Stevenson WILLIAMS born 1908; Orlando Douglas WILLIAMS born 1910; Desmond Owen WILLIAMS born 1913. | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs O. W. WILLIAMS (wife), 75 Austin Street, Wellington | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 3rd Reinforcements 1st Battalion, E Company | ||
| Date | 8 January 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Warrimoo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
Military Cross - 1917
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Death
| Date | Age | 88 yrs | |
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Biographical Notes
Fourth son of Rev. W. J. WILLIAMS, sometime Wesleyan minister at Timaru. Educated at East Christchurch & Timaru Main schools. Married Elsie Clara STEVENSON. Son Errol Wallis Stevenson WILLIAMS died in 1941 in the Western desert in WWII. In 1917 when he was awarded the Military Cross, he was temporary major. Died 1970, NZ. Brother Bertram Victor WILLIAMS was killed in action in 1917 in WWI; brother Hugh Hosking WILLIAMS served in WWI & WWII; brother Harold Whitmore WILLIAMS was a war correspondent in WWI.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [09 March 2014]; Colonist, 4 January 1908, Dominion, 4 September 1917 (Papers Past) [09 March 2014]
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