Albert Edward Ashe WILLIAMS

Regimental number32770
Date of birth20 December 1895
Place of birthMihiwaka
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFrench polisher
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.5
Height5' 8"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Williams, 604a Cumberland Street, Dunedin
Previous military serviceServed in B Company, 4th Bn, Otago Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date29 April 1918
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 41st Reinforcements, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Ulimaroa on 27 July 1918
Discharge date24 January 1920
Other details

Enlisted July 1916; diagnosed with cerebro-meningitis; held back one year as 'a menace to the Camp'; re-enlisted 29 April 1918.

War service: England

Commenced return to New Zealand on board SS 'Ruahini', 3 November 1919; discharged (medically unfit), 24 January 1920.

War service: 1 year 248 days (of which 1 year 154 days was abroad)

Medal: British War Medal

File marked: 'Medal returned unclaimed'.
Date of death24 July 1948 Dunedin
Age at death52
Place of burialAndersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 87, p. 11
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22019534

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