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John Upham Williams

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 73), Page: 2 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 73), Page: 2 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Upham AWMM
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 58828 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Jan 1898 AWMM Invercargill, Southland AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • G.A. Williams (father), P.O. Box 25, Seddon, Marlborough, New Zealand AWMM
    • G.A. Williams (father), P.O. Box 25, Seddon, Marlborough, New Zealand AWMM
    • G.A. Williams (father), P.O. Box 25, Seddon, Marlborough, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 58828 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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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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  • Son of George Albert and Ellen Upham. Great Grandson of New Zealand's earliest surveyor, Thomas Florance. Great Great Grandson of one of New Zealand's earliest missionaries, (1814) Thomas Kendall. His father, George, is a noted NZ representative in rugby.

    Cremation details: Pyes Pa, C276, Jones and Company Funeral services. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    10 December 1968 AWMM
    Tauranga, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Pyes Pa AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R22019853
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      73: 2 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      79: 8 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      92: 3 AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM

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