Hector Edward Gobbe WILLIAMS

Regimental number8/4054
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinFather, F Williams, Balaclava Street, Wyndham, Southland
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
The Infantry component of the 10th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Willochra' and 'Tofua'. It is not possible to determine from the Nominal Roll on which ship an individual embarked. Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 5 March 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 15 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialFlatiron Copse Cemetery (Plot XI, Row A, Grave No 2), Mamerz, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frank and Mary Louisa Williams, Balaclava Street, Wyndham, Southland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 17