James WILLIAMS

Regimental number12315
Date of birth17 June 1872
Place of birthWaikato
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSaddler
Age at embarkation43
Height6' 1.5"
Weight165 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs James Williams, GPO, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the Volunteers.
Enlistment date10 December 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 6 May 1916
Discharge date7 August 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 6 May 1916; disembarked Suez, 22 June 1916.

Embarked Alexandria, 26 July 1916; disembarked Southampton, England, 7 August 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France from Sling Camp, 20 August 1916; taken on strength, 4th Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, and posted to C Company, 3 October 1916.

Admitted to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 11 November 1916, and transferred to 14th General Hospital, Wimereux, 12 November 1916 (bronchitis); to England, 14 November 1916, and admitted to 2nd London General Hospital, Chelsea; transferred to 2nd NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 29 November 1916 (phthisis).

Classified 'Unfit' by Medical Board and placed on NZ Roll, 30 January 1917 (pulmonary tuberculosis).

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HMNZT 'Maheno', 18 March 1917; discharged (medically unfit: no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 7 August 1917
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 31, p. 22
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805