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WILLIAMS, William
(Service number 8/3791)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	30 May 1884	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	20 October 1915	Age	31 yrs 7 mths
Address at Enlistment	58 King Ed St, Dunedin
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience	Timaru Garrison Band for 18 months
Marital Status	Married. Married Mary Jane WILSON, 28 March 1907 at Timaru. Children - Matilda Margaret WILLIAMS, born 23 February 1908 at Timaru. William James WILLIAMS born 26 December 1910.
Next of Kin	Mrs Mary J. WILLIAMS (wife), 58 King Edward Street, South Dunedin; later of 39 Nelson Street, South Dunedin.
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 ft 10 in. Complexion dark. Eyes grey. Hair dark brown. Sight 6/6 both eyes. Hearing & colour vision good. free from hernia, variocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Good bodily & mental health. Amputation of small toe.

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	9th Reinforcements Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Date	8 January 1916
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Military Awards

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

Discharge

Date	16 October 1917	Reason	No longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

October 1916 reported wounded in France.

Post-war Occupations

Labourer; railway employee

Death

Date	6 December 1949	Age	65 yrs
Place of Death	Dunedin
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin
Memorial Reference	Block 165, Plot 124
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Walter & Susan (nee FISHER) WILLIAMS. When he enlisted he was a labourer for the Christchurch Meat Coy in Timaru. Served abroad for 1 year & 231 days, at home for 131 days. Brother Nathan WILLIAMS also served in WWI.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [08 March 2014]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5557 0123063 [12 March 2014]; Timaru Herald, 30 October 1916 (Papers Past) [07 March 2014]; Dunedin City Council Cemeteries Burials Database (Andersons Bay Cemetery) [March 2014]

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