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WILLIAMS, Cuthbert Leslie
(Service number 6/2807)

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Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Saint Andrews
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs J. P. WILLIAMS (mother), P. O. Box 8, Saint Andrews, South Canterbury

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date 14 August 1915
Transport Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date 13 August 1968 Age 82 yrs
Place of Death
Cause
Memorial or Cemetery St Agnes Churchyard, Kiwitea
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Arthur Cuthbert & Jane Pauline Harriet (nee LEE) WILLIAMS. Brothers Laurence Edward & Reginald Bealey WILLIAMS also served in WWI. Cuthbert Leslie WILLIAMS. Cuthbert (2nd Regiment) was one of 123 men who joined 500 men from the south already on the train and left from the Timaru Railway Station in mid-April 1915, en route for the Front. The Mayor wished them the best of good fortune and complimented them on the manly stand they were so freely taking in going to help to break the sway of one of the greatest despots who had ever lived. He wished them all a safe and speedy return, before the train steamed out of the station to the accompanimnet of cheering and good-bye messages. ..

Sources

Cenotaph Database [07 March 2014]; NZSG Cemetery Records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG microfiche collection) [23 March 2014]; Timaru Herald, 19 April 1915 (Papers Past) [06 September 2014]

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