John Nathaniel Williams

Forenames

John Nathaniel AWMM

Surname

Williams AWMM

Also known as

Nat AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/484 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

24 Jan 1878 AWMM

Date of birth

24th January 1880

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Place of birth

London, England

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Birth notes

Son of Col. Sir Robert Williams, 1st Bart., and Lady Williams, of Bridehead, Dorchester, England

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 June 2023 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/john-nathaniel-williams

Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Waihi, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Colonel Robert Williams (father), Bride Head, Dorchester, England AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 12/484 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Metallurgist/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Private AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Battalion, 6th (Hauraki) Company AWMM

John Williams was the son of Col. Sir Robert Williams, 1st Bart., and Lady Williams of Bridehead, Dorchester, England.

Educated at Eton and Oxford.

Employed by Waihi Gold Mining Coy., Ltd.

Close friend of Gerald (Tad) Morpeth (12/416)

Decreased his age from 36 to 34 at enlistment (Morpeth (2008) p. 4)

Next of Kin: Col Sir K. Williams, Chelsea, London (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

25 Apr 1915 AWMM
Age  35 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Obituary

In a casualty list of last week appeared the name Trooper. J N Williams, Auckland Battalion, who was killed in action at the Dardanelles.- He was a son of Colonel R. Williams, V D, Dorsetshire Englahd, a member of the British House of Commons.
Trooper J. N. Williams was educated at Eton and was an enthusiastic croket player, and visited, New 'Zealand some years ago with Lord .Hawkes' cricket team, later spending a couple of years on the East Coast stations, where he had many friends.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 12 June 2023 - POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLII, ISSUE 13716, 21 JUNE 1915, PAGE 4

Memorial name

• Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• St John's Anglican Church, Waihi AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22019848
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/720583/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/720583
  Further Reference

References

• Morpeth, T. (2008). The "Waiheathens" at Gallipoli. Waihi, N.Z.: A.P. Morpeth. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2010-22.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 783
• Mosley, C. (Ed). (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (107th edition). Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 3: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.