Peter WILLIAMSON

Regimental number10/3432
Date of birth9 November 1878
Place of birthShetland, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressTamarau, Gisborne
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation36
Height5' 11"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFather, Peter Williamson Snr, Tamarau, Gisborne
Enlistment date23 August 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 13 November 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 15 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row D, Grave No 6A), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Peter and Agnes Williamson, Ollaberry, Shetland, Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 13 november 1915; disembarked Suez, 20 December 1915.

Joined Wellington Infantry Bn, Ismailia, 1 January 1916.

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

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 17 February 1918 (bronchitis); transferred to No 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, 20 February 1918; to 56th General Hospital, Boulogne, 21 February 1918; to No 14 Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 8 March 1918 (measles and bronchitis).

Died, 15 March 1918 (broncho-pneumonia and measles).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Eighth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22020231

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