WILLIAMS, Albert George
(Service number 58636)
| First Rank | Lance Sergeant | Last Rank | Lance Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 8 July 1896 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | School teacher | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs A. WILLIAMS (mother), Kowai Bush, Springfield, Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 43rd Reinforcements F Company | ||
| Date | 17 August 1918 | ||
| Transport | Ruahine | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | London, England |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 28 June 1947 | Age | 50 yrs |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Son of John & Ada (nee CULLEN) WILLIAMS. On 22 May 1922 in the Presbyterian Church at Greymouth he married Elizabeth Maywood ROBINSON; had 4 daughters & one son.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [09 March 2014]; TDC headstone image - Timaru Cemetery [09 March 2014]; NZ BDM Indexes (DIA historical records) [March 2014]; ancestry.com.au [09 March 2014] ; SCRoll web submission by L Richards, 27 October 2018
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