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Ernest Percival Williams

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Headstone of Corporal Ernest Percival Williams (6/1762). Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. New Zealand War Graves Trust (BECL9888). CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Headstone of Corporal Ernest Percival Williams (6/1762). Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ernest Percival AWMM
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 6/1762 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    14 August 1883 AWMM Saint Martins, Christchurch AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 35 Cambridge Terrace, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss Edith Williams (sister), Okain's Bay, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 14 February 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/1762 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

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

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Brother of Mr F. W. Williams, of Robinson's Bay, Banks Peninsula. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    29 December 1917 AWMM
    Age 34 AWMM
    Belgium, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XXVII.CC.12. AWMM
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Sources

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  • References
    • Boyack, N. (1989). Behind the lines : the lives of New Zealand soldiers in the First World War. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Page No: 781 AWMM
    • Boyack, N. (1989). Behind the lines : the lives of New Zealand soldiers in the First World War. Wellington, N.Z.: Allen & Unwin/Port Nicholson Press. AWMM
      Boyack, N. (1989). p. 24, 25, 27, 39, 103. AWMM
    • Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z. AWMM
      Ferguson, D., 1921, The History of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914 - 1919, Whitcombe & Tombs, Auckland, p. 361. AWMM
    • Williams, E. (1918). A New Zealander's diary : Gallipoli and France, 1915-1917. Melbourne, Vic.: Melbourne Publishing Co. AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM

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