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Allan Bernard Williams

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Gravestone, Hautapu Cemetery, Cambridge (photo Sarndra Lees, January 2010) - Image has All Rights Reserved.

Gravestone, Hautapu Cemetery, Cambridge (photo Sarndra Lees, January 2010) - Image has All Rights Re …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Allan Bernard AWMM
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • 2/1905 AWMM
    • 74397 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 17 Park Avenue, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Mary Catherine Williams (mother), 17 Park Avenue, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 June 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Commander Royal New Zealand Artillery, Army HQ, Dec 1939–Feb 1942

    New Zealand Army representative on British Joint Staff Mission,Washington, Feb 1942–Oct 1943

    Commandant, Central Military District, Oct 1943–Dec 1944

    Commandant, Northern Military District, Mar 1945–Apr 1947

    Served in World War II with serial number 74397 AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    16 May 1958 AWMM
    Age 66 AWMM
    Cambridge, Waikato AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Hautapu Cemetery, Cambridge, New Zealand AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • AB Williams is my paternal grandfather. His eldest son Edmund Hugh Williams is my father and he has his father's medals, from both world wars.
    Public - Ian Hugh - Direct descendant - 29 September 2016
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29 September 2016Ian HughWellingtonDirect descendant

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