Albert Edwin Brown WILLIAMS

Regimental number58946
Date of birth19 April 1886
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionMethodist
OccupationTimber labourer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 6"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Rose Williams, c/o Mrs King, Maude Street, Temuka
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 May 1917
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington, New Zealand, on board SS Ruahine on 15 August 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 25 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialL'Homme Mort British Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No. 14), Ecoust-St Mein, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Rose E. Williams. Parents: Henry Brown Williams (b. New Zealand) and Jane Williams (b. Scotland)
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 15 August 1917; disembarked Glasgow, Scotland, 2 October 1917; marched in to 4th Reserve Bn, Sling Camp, 4 October 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 25 December 1917; joined 1st Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, in the field, 17 January 1918, and posted to 14th Company.

Detached to 2nd Brigade School, 24 January 1918.

Detached to Musketry School from 2nd Brigade School, 27 January 1918.

Reattached to 2nd Brigade School, 3 February 1918.

Rejoined Bn, in the field, 19 February 1918.

Detached to Divisional Lewis Gun School, 30 June 1918; rejoined Bn, in the field, 12 July 1918.

Killed in action, 25 August 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 15
Archives Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22019535

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