Allan Williams
Born 15 Feb 1891 - Died 26 Jul 1918
- Service number
- WWI 16/1385 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF), Rarotongan Contingent AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Allan AWMM
- Surname
- Williams AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 16/1385 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 15 Feb 1891 Military Personnel File
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
- Son of Allan WILLIAMS of Apia SAMOAPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 July 2025 - Military Record
- Address before enlistment
- Apia, SamoaPublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 July 2025 - Military Record
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Allan Williams (father), Apia, Samoa, Pacific Islands AWMM
- Relationship status
- SinglePublic - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 1 July 2025 - Military Record
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 16/1385 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM Carpenter/Civilian AWMM
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 26 Jun 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 56 or HMNZT 57 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Private AWMM 4th Reinforcements, No. 2 Platoon AWMM Maori Contingent AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Illness from the right mastoid AWMM - Tattoos, WWI AWMM
Tattoo flags left arm, scars on legs. AWMM
- Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF), Rarotongan Contingent AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Next of Kin: Mr E. Williams, Col. Sugar Co, Lautoka, Fiji - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. volume 2.
Next of Kin: Mr E. Williams, Col. Sugar Co, Lautoka, Fiji (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2))
His platoon did not embark with the main 4th Māori Reinforcements but embarked some days later on 26 June 1916 from Wellington with the 2nd Tunnellers Reinforcements. Disembarked at Plymouth, United Kingdom 22 August 1916. He left for France on 28 August 1916 and joined the New Zealand Pioneer Battalion on 16 September 1916. Became ill and was admitted to a number of hospitals in France and United Kingdom with trench fever. He was posted to New Zealand Engineer Reserve Depot in United Kingdom on discharge from hospital on 4 April 1918 and was transferred to Rarotongan Company. Left for France 7 May 1918 and spent some days at 8th Rest Camp, Marseille, waiting for passage to Egypt. He embarked for Egypt on SS Canberra 5 June 1918 and arrived at Alexandria 14 June 1918 and was posted to the Rarotongan Company 1 July 1918 and was admitted to hospital 21 July 1918. He died of mastoid (ear infection) on 26 July 1918 at 33rd Clearing Hospital Jaffa.
Originally buried at the Jaffa & Sorona Military Cemetery, Palestine. Later moved to the Ramleh Military Cemetery, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). AWMM
About death
- Death
- 26 Jul 1918 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
- 27Public - Pouvi - Other relative - 25 August 2021 - Military Personnel File
- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of Disease AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel AWMM M52 AWMM
- Cemetery name
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
- Son of Allan Williams & Fa'alaitaua Lemalu.
Brother of Ezra, Alexander, Jessie, Wilhelmina, Josephine, Florrie, Faofua, Rev. Dr Bert, Allan & Annie.
An Uncle to his many nephews & nieces around the world.Public - Pouvi - Other relative - 25 August 2021 - Family Records - Memorial name
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- Memorial reference
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Memorial
- Memorial name
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Related objects
Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7816367
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130922.html
Further Reference - Samoan soldiers in WWI
http://samoaww1.webs.com/
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/653570/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/653570
Further Reference - Cook Islands Online Cenotaph
https://www.cookislandsonlinecenotaph.com/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
34: 40 - Liava'a, C. (2013). Le fitafita mai Samoa = The force from Samoa : soldiers from the Samoan Islands in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Polygraphia.
- Weddell, H. (2016). Soldiers from the Pacific : the story of Pacific Island soldiers in the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in World War One. Wellington, New Zealand : Defence of New Zealand Study Group.
- Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
- Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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