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Bright Ernest Williams

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 34), Page: 39 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 34), Page: 39 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Bright Ernest AWMM
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 14896 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 February 1897 AWMM Rissington, Hawkes Bay AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Pre Mar 1916 AWMM Rissington, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Albert Williams (father), Rissington, Napier, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 26 June 1916 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • Messines AWMM
    • Passchendaele AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 14896 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Mar 1916 AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 5 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      9 stone 2 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      Grey blue AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      Wounded gsw left thigh 1917 AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Increased age by 3 years to enlist.

    Williams fought at Messines where he was a battalion messenger. He was involved in the battle for the village of Passchendaele in the Ypres district. It was here, on October 12 1917, that he was wounded by three machine-gun bullets.

    Repatriated to New Zealand in December 1917. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    13 February 2003 AWMM
    Age 105 AWMM
    Hastings, Hawkes Bay AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Cremated AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • In memory, wish we had met. Rest peacefully
    Public - Elisabeth - Other relative - 23 April 2023
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23 April 2023ElisabethPittsburg CA USAOther relative

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