Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database

Full Name

Private William John Williams

Rank Last Held

Private

Forename(s)

William John

Surname

Williams

War

World War I, 1914-1918

Serial No.

40755

First Known Rank

Lance Sergeant

Occupation before Enlistment

Farmer

Next of Kin

Mrs E. Williams (mother), Saint Andrew's, Timaru, New Zealand

Body on Embarkation

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Embarkation Unit

26th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company

Embarkation Date

9 June 1917

Place of Embarkation

Wellington, New Zealand

Transport

HMNZT 85

Vessel

Willochra

Destination

Devonport, England

Nominal Roll Number

Page on Nominal Roll

Last Unit Served

Canterbury Infantry Regiment

Place of Death

Ypres, Belgium

Date of Death

5 December 1917

Year of Death

1917

Cause of Death

Killed in action

Memorial Name

Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

Biographical Notes

Son of Mrs. Eliza Williams, of Bluecliffs Rd., St. Andrew'S, South Canterbury

Further References

Military personnel file listed at Archives New Zealand. Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.

Sources Used

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org