John Robert WILLIAMS

Regimental number58638
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jessie Williams, Alford Forest, Ashburton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington, New Zealand, on board SS Ruahine on 15 August 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 31 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialSucrerie Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row F, Grave No 2), Colincamps, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Rees Williams and Jessie Williams, Alford Forest, Ashburton
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 13