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WILLIAMS, Edward Francis
(Service number 47102)

Aliases	Ted
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	11 September 1893	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs E. WILLIAMS (mother), Washdyke, South Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	25th Reinforcements, J Company
Date	26 April 1917
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

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Discharge

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Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Appeared in Casualty List No. 709, in September 1917. 12 October 1917 wounded. March 1918 reported admitted to hospital (pleurisy). September 1918 in official hospital list - wounded on 28 August 1918 (not severe case).

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Biographical Notes

Son of Edward & Ellen WILLIAMS, of Washdyke. Educated at Washdyke School. Returned home in Draft 211 per troopship Briton, about 28th January 1919. Brother James Henry WILLIAMS also served in WWI.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [08 March 2014]; Timaru Herald, 7 November 1917, 18 March 1918, 11 September 1918, 12 September 1918, 22 January 1919, Otago Daily Times, 6 Novembeer 1917, 11 September 1918 (Papers Past) [08 & 10 March 2014]

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