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Herman Rex Williams

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Rex Williams

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    • Herman Rex AWMM
    • Known as Rex Public - Gweneth May - Child - 7 July 2018 - Family knowledge, he's my father
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 50465 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
    Martha Ridgeway, Phoebe Public - Gweneth May - Child - 7 July 2018 - Genealogy information, Gwen
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
    21 May 1917 Public - Gweneth May - Sibling - 8 July 2018 - Birth Certificate
  • Place of birth
    Motueka Public - Gweneth May - Sibling - 8 July 2018 - Birth Certificate
  • Birth notes
    First child born to Bertie and Lilian Williams Public - Gweneth May - Sibling - 8 July 2018 - Birth Certificate
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM C/o G.B. Foster, Motueka AWMM
    • WW2 Pre 1942 AWMM C/o G.B. Foster, Motueka AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. E.E. Williams, Belgrove, Nelson (w) AWMM
    • WW2 Mrs. E.E. Williams, Belgrove (w) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWII 50465 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
  • 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

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 7 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1942 to 31st March, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.151 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 9 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1942 to 31st December, 1942). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.428 AWMM
    • Family collection and Pacific Saga Public - Gweneth May - Child - 26 July 2018 - Family Collection and Pacific Saga

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
27 October 2018LindaNelsonChild
08 August 2018GwenNZChild
29 July 2018Gweneth MayMotueka, NelsonChild

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