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Rupert Williams

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 784 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 784 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

  • Title
  • Forenames
    Rupert AWMM
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 13/1112 AWMM
    • South African 8765 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
    WW1 Parua Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Lewis Williams (father), Parua Bay, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 13 June 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
  • 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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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • His father was named Lewis Williams. AWMM
    • He was the son of Lewis & Margaret WILLIAMS (nee Faulkner) of Parua Bay.

      His brothers, Llewellyn (4/281) & John (70201), also served in WW1. Public - Sandra - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Waipu Museum

Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
    26 April 1941 Public - Sandra - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Whangarei Council Online Cemetery Records
  • Age at death
    54 Public - Sandra - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Whangarei Council Online Cemetery Records
  • Place of death
    Whangarei Public - Sandra - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Whangarei Council Online Cemetery Records
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Kaurohohore Ceetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
    Kaurihohore Cemetery Public - Sandra - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Whangarei Council Online Cemetery Records
  • Grave reference
    Row B Plot 10 Public - Sandra - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Whangarei Council Online Cemetery Records
  • Obituary
    MR. RUPERT WILLIAMS (O.C.) WHANGAREI, Tuesday. The death has occurred of Mr Rupert Williams, aged 51, a veteran of the Boer War and the Great War. Who also offered his services again in the present war. Mr. Williams was born at Parua Bay and enlisted from there at the age of 15 for the Boer War. He lived practically the whole of his life in the Whangarei district, having farmed at Hukerenui since his return from the last war. (NZ Herald, 30 Apr 1941)

    WILLIAMS - On April 26, at Whangarei Public Hospital, Rupert, son of the late Margaret and Lewis Williams, of Parua Bay, and dearly-loved brother of Mrs. McLean, Onerahi, Llewellyn Williams,
    Taumarunui, Gilbert Williams, Pipiwai, Mrs. Daly, Auckland; aged 54 years. (NZ Herald, 30 Apr 1941) Public - Sandra - Researcher - 6 January 2019 - Papers Past
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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