William Joseph Hollis

Forenames

William Joseph AWMM

Surname

Hollis AWMM

Service number

• WWI 13/760 AWMM
• WWI 11/760A AWMM
• WWI 11/760A AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Victoria Avenue, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

Joseph Hollis, jun. (father), 4 Girton Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 13/760 AWMM
• WWI 11/760A AWMM
• WWI 11/760A AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Twice AWMM
  Mentioned in Despatches - London Gazette, 6 July 1917, p6774: For gallant and distinguished conduct in the field or for other valuable services. General A J Murray's despatch dated 1 March 1917. (Commander in Chief, Egyptian Expeditionary Force) Mentioned in Despatches - London Gazette, 16 January 1918, p937: For services in connection with the reconnaissance of Sana Redoubt AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 17 or HMNZT 18 or HMNZT 19 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima AWMM Sergeant Major AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 3rd Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM
Wellington Mounted Rifles AWMM

Lieutenant Hollis was the son of Joseph and Isobel Hollis (nee Dixon) and husband of Kathleen A Hollis of Simla Crescent, Khandallah, Wellington

Also served in Egypt

Serial Number appears as 13/760 in Nominal Rolls, as 11/760 in Archives New Zealand

Next of Kin: Mr J. Hollis, Girton Terrace, Wellington (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

13 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  28 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Featherston Cemetery, Western Lake Road, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM 689 AWMM

Memorial name

• Featherston Cemetery Memorial, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7880186
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Featherston Cemetery War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/featherston-cemetery-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
  http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
  Sources Used

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 337
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.