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Herbert George Williams

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Herbert George AWMM
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWII 10219 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • WW2 Pre 1940 AWMM United Sawmillers Federation, Te Kinga AWMM
    • Jayforce Pre 1946-1948 AWMM United Sawmiller Fed, Te Kinga AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • WW2 Mrs. Elsie Williams, Blaketown (mother) AWMM
    • Jayforce Mrs. E. Williams, Blaketown, Greymouth (m) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    • WW2 POW - Crete List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
      Crete, Greece List of 2NZEF POW (MS 2009/8)
    • WW2 POW - Dulag VIII-A, Gorlitz, Germany 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
      Germany, Europe 2NZEF, Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. N.Z. 1945.
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  • 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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • FIVE BROTHERS IN ARMED FORCES; THREE REPORTED SAFE AFTER PRISONERS OF WAR. —Mr and Mrs J. Williams, of 154 Tainui street, Greymouth, have five sons, all of whom are serving: with the armed forces. Three of them are reported safe In England after having been prisoners of war for a considerable period.

    Private Eric Williams, missing at El Alamein, subsequently reported as prisoner of war, and now released. Private Bert Williams, wounded and missing in Crete and recently released as prisoner of war. Sergeant Leslie P. Williams, taken prisoner of war in Crete four years ago and now safe in England. Corporal Edward Williams, who has been serving for the last two and a half years with the 8th Army in the Mediterranean theatre. Aircraftman M. A. Williams, attached to the R.N.Z.A.F., in New Zealand. PRESS, 13 JUNE 1945 AWMM
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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
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.201 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1950). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 16 (Embarkations from 1st January, 1946 to 30th June, 1948). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      p.143 AWMM
    • List of 2NZEF Prisoners of War. 1941-1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 2009/8. AWMM
    • Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. AWMM

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