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John Williams

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Grave

Grave at Yokohama War Cemetery

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John AWMM
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 810360 AWMM
    • 810630 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
    • Unknown AWMM Public Works Department Camp, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Public Works Department Camp, Avondale, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Hine Williams (mother), Rotokohu Road, Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Hine Williams (mother), Rotokohu Road, Paeroa, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Hine and Jack Williams of Rotokohu Road, Paeroa

    Private Williams sister, Mrs Hoha Hine Pupuri Rangi Sutherland of Paeroa, received the New Zealand Operational Service Medal on his behalf from the Prime Minister and the Minister of Defence at a presentation held at the Auckland War Memorial Museum on Thursday 27 November 2003

    Service number listed on Nominal Roll 14 as 810360 and on Nominal Roll 16 as 810630 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    22 March 1948 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Japan, Asia AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Yokohama War Cemetery, Japan AWMM NZ Sec. Plot B. Row A. Grave 3. AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • E Kore Tatou e Warewae i a Koe Koro.
    Public - Moko - 12 March 2020
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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
    New Zealand Defence Force. Roll of Honour. Personnel who have died on operational service since 3 September 1945.
    http://medals.nzdf.mil.nz/info/roll-of-honour/index.html
    Sources Used
  • References
    • Pointer, M. (2008). Commonwealth War Graves, Hodogaya, Yokohama, Japan: the New Zealand Connection. Tokyo, Japan. Unpublished paper. AWMM
    • Gardiner, W. (2019). Ake ake kia kaha e! : Forever brave! : B Company 28 (Maori) Battalion, 1939-1945. Auckland : Bateman Books. AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 14 (Embarkations from 1st April, 1944 to 31st December, 1944). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 14: WW2 106 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
      WW2 16: WW2 144 AWMM
    • Brief Notes on Recipients at NZOSM Presentation. Wellington, N.Z.: New Zealand Defence Force. AWMM
    • Cody, J. (1956). 28 (Maori) Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press. AWMM

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09 February 2017MichelYokohama, JapanOther

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