William Flowers Born 12 January 1891 - Died 22 November 1917 PDF Key details Service number42797 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 60), Page: 4 - No known copyright r … Read more View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesWilliam AWMM SurnameFlowers AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number42797 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth12 January 1891 AWMM Date of birth12 January 1891 Public - Peter - Researcher - 23 October 2017 - Military records Place of birthCollingwood Public - Peter - Researcher - 23 October 2017 - Military records Birth notes Address before enlistment Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationC. Flowers (brother), Pakawau, via Collingwood, Nelson, New Zealand AWMM Relationship status Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number42797 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training EnlistmentWW1 Unknown AWMM Coal miner/Civilian AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 26 Apr 1917-28 July 1917 AWMM to Plymouth, Devon AWMM HMNZT 82 AWMM Vessel was Pakeha AWMM Private AWMM 24th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Private AWMM Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › William Flowers was the brother of Charles Flowers, of Pakawau, Collingwood, Nelson, New Zealand. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death22 November 1917 AWMM Ypres, Belgium AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes CemeteryButtes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM Spec. Mem. IX. AA. 8. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameCollingwood War Memorial Public - Peter - Researcher - 23 October 2017 - on site Roll of Honour Remember William Flowers by laying a poppy. Sidney James Flowers Walter Edward Flowers William Flowers William Arthur Flowers Albert Floyd Lay a poppy for 2019 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of William Flowers Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects The Pakeha (Mark III) : being the journal of the Left Wing of the 24th New… Library / Pictorial › publication At sea D526.2 PAK Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth War Graves Commission. http://www.cwgc.org Sources Used Military personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21003661 Further Reference FamNet: The Family History Network record page http://famnet.net.nz/login_pages/Cenotaph.aspx?Systemid=C4960 Further Reference Are you a relative of this soldier and want to keep his memory alive? With the ‘Wood of Peace’ project you can plant a tree in his name in 2017 near Polygon Wood, Belgium. http://passchendaele2017.org/en/evenementen/vredesbos-polygoonbos/ Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM 60: 4 AWMM Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2015). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-3). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM Vol. 4: Includes portrait AWMM
