Petty Officer Radio Mechanic

Mervyn Adolphus Williams

Conflict: 
WW2
Additional Information: 

Son of John Thomas and Ida Katie Williams, of Kaitaia, North Auckland.

References:
  • CWGC
NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

Ten New Zealand sailors died when the HMS Isis struck a mine and sank off the western invasion beaches of Normandy. The ship was a total loss  and eleven officers and 143 ratings were lost.

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
4717
Name:
Mervyn Adolphus Williams
Rank: 
Petty Officer Radio Mechanic
Date of Birth:
Not known
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Unit:
Royal New Zealand Navy, HMS Isis

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in Action
Date of Death:
20 July 1944
Day of Death:
Thursday
Conflict: 
WW2

Embarkation Details

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
Panel 5.
Cemetery Location: 
New Zealand
Mervyn Adolphus Williams
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