Andrew WILLIAMSON

Regimental number3/1206
Date of birth15 May 1891
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSignwriter
AddressNew North Road, Glenmore, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 9"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Williamson, Broadway, Newmarket, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed for 12 days in camp with Main Body; obtained 1st Class discharge.
Enlistment date24 September 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Medical Corps
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 8 August 1918
Discharge date8 November 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 4 December 1915.

Joined NZ Field Ambulance, Anzac, 10 December 1915.

Attached to Anzac Base, Mudros, 19 December 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria from Mudros, 30 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Found guilty, Morbecque, 15 May 1916, of being absent from billet after 9 pm: forfeited 10 days' pay.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 2 January 1917 (bronchitis), and transferred to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station; to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, 3 January 1917; to England, 16 January 1917, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 18 January 1917; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 9 February 1917.

'On Command' to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 9 March 1917.

Detached to NZ Medical Corps Reserve Depot, Aldershot, 5 November 1917, on leave till 19 November 1917.

Classified 'Unfit' by Medical Board, 23 May 1918, and placed on NZ Roll.

Marched in to NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 31 May 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HT 'Paparoa', 8 August 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contraced on Active Service), 8 November 1918.

War service: 3 years 47 days (of which 3 years 3 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Medical Corps/Seventh
Date of death3 November 1952 Papatoetoe
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805