Albert Edwin Brown Williams

Private

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Husband of Rose E. Williams (née King). Son of Henry Brown and Jane Anderson Williams.

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

BDM Online

Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:

James Andrew Brown Williams, Brother, Killed in action 12/10/1917
Frederick Walter Brown Williams, Brother, Died of sickness 04/09/1918

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

“Mr H. B. Williams, of 59 Harbour terrace. Dunedin, has received advice that his second son, Private A. E. B. Williams, has been killed in action. The deceased, who leaves a wife and child, left with the Twenty-ninth Reinforcements. He was educated at the Palmerston District High School, and was afterwards employed by Messrs Hogg and Co. The youngest son, Private James Williams was killed in action in October, 1917.“ [Otago Witness, Issue 3367, 25 September 1918, Page 42]

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Casualty

Service Number:

58946

Name:

Albert Edwin Brown Williams

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

19 April 1886

Place of Birth:

Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand

Next of Kin:

Mrs Rose Williams, c/o Mrs King, Maude Street, Temuka

Religion:

Methodist

Date of Enlistment:

22 May 1917

Locality on Enlistment:

8 Fen Street, Dalmore, Dunedin

Place of Enlistment:

Dunedin, New Zealand

Marital Status:

Married

Occupation on Enlistment:

Timber Labourer

Employer:

Hogg and Company, Dunedin

Unit:

NZEF, Otago Regiment, 1 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

25 August 1918

Day of Death:

Sunday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

15 August 1917

Transport:

HMNZT 92

Vessel:

Ruahine

Destination:

Glasgow, Scotland

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

L'Homme Mort British Cemetery, Ecoust-St. Mein

Cemetery Reference:

II. B. 14.

Cemetery Location:

France