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Thomas John Williams

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 55), Page: 24 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 55), Page: 24 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Thomas John AWMM
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 33264 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss J. Brereton (aunt), Ohakune Junction, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 33264 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Bushman/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
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      6' 2" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      166 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked Wellington, 15 February 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 26 April 1917, and marched in to 3rd Trainin Bn, Sling Camp.
    Proceeded overseas to France, 26 May 1917; joined 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 9 June 1917.
    Wounded in action, 31 July 1917 (gun shot wounds, back, chest, abdomen [penetrating]), and admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance; transferred same day to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station; to No 56 General Hospital, Etaples, 8 August 1917; transferred to England, 14 August 1917, and admitted same day to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames.
    Classified 'unfit' by NZ Medical Board, 12 September 1917, and placed on NZ Roll.
    Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HT 'Willochra', 1 February 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 15 April 1918.
    Total war service: 1 year 210 days (of which 1 year 31 days was abroad) AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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