William Lathen Colley

Forenames

William Lathen AWMM

Surname

Colley AWMM

Also known as

William Latham Colley AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2377 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

• 11 Aug 1891 AWMM
• 11 Aug 1891 Public Source

Date of birth

11 August 1891

Public - Peter - Researcher - 15 October 2017 - Military records

Place of birth

Invercargill

Public - Peter - Researcher - 15 October 2017 - Military records

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Mercer, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

William Colley (father), Lighthouse, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2377 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 HMNZT 1 or HMNZT 2 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki or Monowai AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM
• WW1 13 Jun 1915-01 Aug 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 25 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of William and Margaret Colley, of 4 New St., Newmarket.

Next of Kin: Mrs M. Colley, Newmarket, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

3 Dec 1915 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Embarkation Pier Cemetery, Turkey AWMM Special Memorial B.1. AWMM

Memorial name

• Auckland Railway Station, Te Taou Crescent, Auckland 1010. AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM
• Remuera Primary School World War One Gates 1914-1918, 25 Dromorne Road, Remuera Auckland 1050 AWMM
• Mercer First World War Memorial, corner of Roose Road and Riverbank Road, Mercer AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21896080
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/605796/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/605796
  Further Reference

References

• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 139
• 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. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• HMNZT 25. The Tahitian tatler : the unofficial organ of that portion of the Fifth Reinforcements on board H.M.N.Z.T. no. 25, Tahiti. (1915). Bombay, India: Printed by the Times Press for the Units of the Fifth New Zealand Reinforcements.