William Brian de Laval Willis
I whānau mai i te 17 May 1888 - I mate atu i te 12 May 1915
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 12/289 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Brian AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- William Brian de Laval AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- Willis AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
- Brian AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 12/289 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 17 May 1888 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Unknown AWMM Care of J.B. Lusk, Church Road, Epsom, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- W.H. de C. Willis, Cambridge, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 12/289 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Waimana AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Infantry Battalion AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Attended St John's College 1904- 05
Member of the College Rifles Rugby Football Club
All Main Body personnel left on the 16 October 1914 from Wellington even if they initially embarked in other parts of New Zealand.
Attended Auckland University College (now the University of Auckland).
Auckland War Memorial Museum Scars on the Heart WWI "The En Zeds " display case. Display item is a named photograph "From Auckland to the pyramids some of King's College old boys with the NZEF in Egypt", it was published in the Auckland Weekly News, 1 April 1915.
Auckland War Memorial Museum Scars on the Heart WWI "The En Zeds " display case. Display item is a named photograph "From Auckland to the pryamids some of King's College old boys with the NZEF in Egypt", it was published in the Auckland Weekly News, 1 April 1915.
Next of Kin: Mr A. L. deL. Willis, Cambridge, Waikato (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM - William was one of three brothers - Alan Newcombe De Laval Willis and Francis Petrie De Laval (Frank) Willis - to serve in the First World War.Public - Paul - Researcher - 30 April 2021 - Hickford, Paul, They Marched to War, 2019, pp. 18 & 53.
- Attended St John's College 1904- 05
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 12 May 1915 AWMM
- Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
- Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM A. 138 AWMM
- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
- Roll of Honour, College Rifles, Rugby Union Football & Sports Club, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
- Hautapu RSA Memorial 1914-1918 and 1939-1945, Leamington, Cambridge AWMM
- Cambridge Cenotaph, Victoria St, Cambridge 3434 AWMM
- Cambridge World War One War Memorials AWMM
- College Rifles Park, 33 Haast Street, Remuera, Auckland AWMM
- King's College Memorial Chapel at King's College, Otahuhu, Auckland, World War 1 Roll of Honour.Public - King's College Archive - Researcher - 15 May 2026 - King's College Memorial Chapel
- Pool of Reflections, National Anzac Centre, Albany Heritage Park, Western AustraliaPublic - Paul - Researcher - 23 April 2022 - National Anzac Centre
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22020243
Further Reference - Auckland University College Roll of Honour.
http://www.specialcollections.auckland.ac.nz/ww1-centenary/roll-of-honour/search?page=1459
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/110186/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/110186
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 786 - King's College, Auckland. (1918). King's College, Auckland : the Great War, 1914-18. Auckland, N.Z.: The College.
- Hanson, Arthur. Letter regarding the death of 12/289 Corp. William Brian de Laval Willis, 1NZEF. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tamaki Paenga Hira. MS-2017-21.
- A.U.C. roll of honour, 1914 - 1920. MSS & Archives E-2, Special Collections, University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services.
- 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. 1: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Paul Hickford, They Marched to War, 2019Public - Paul - Researcher - 23 April 2022 - Researcher and author
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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