John Richard WILLIAMS

Regimental number15271
OccupationMiner
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Williams, Needle Street, Kaitangata
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15th Reinforcements, 1st Draft, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Waitemata on 26 July 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialSt Quentin Cabaret Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row N, Grave No 20), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Emma Jane Williams, Cornwall, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 12

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