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Arthur Williams

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Anglican, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    17 July 1829 AWMM Marylebone, London AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
    Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Pre Sep 1863 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    New Zealand Wars AWMM
  • Campaign
    Gate Pa, Tauranga (29 April 1864) AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Militia AWMM
  • Service number
  • Military service
    • Ireland, 1848-51 AWMM
    • Kafir War, South Africa, 1851-53 AWMM
    • India, 1853-63 AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    Pre WW1 22 October 1848 AWMM
    Age 19 AWMM
    Tea merchant assistant/Civilian AWMM
  • 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
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, New Zealand Wars AWMM
      Wounded at the Battle of Gate Pa AWMM
    • Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
      Accidental death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of William and Mary Williams.

    Accidentally drowned AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    14 September 1871 AWMM
    Age 42 AWMM
    Whangarei, Northland AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Roll of Honour

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  • Forever thankful to those ancestors who chose to settle in NZ, a wonderful place to live, we are so lucky.
    Public - Laura - Direct descendant - 20 April 2020
    Report 
  • Remembered by Williams current descendants as the first Williams to settle in the Whangarei district.
    Public - Zane - Other Relative - 12 April 2015
    Report 

Sources

Sources

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  • References
    Information kindly provided by family AWMM

Contributors

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
20 April 2020LauraAuckland, NZDirect descendant
12 April 2015ZaneNZOther Relative

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