New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37589

About

Born in England

2 November 1876

Parents

Mother

Mrs Martha William

Father

Thomas William

Settled in New Zealand

1907

Residence

Hometown

Arthurs Pass

Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Public Works Department

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

World War I (1914-1918)

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Military Medal

For bravery in the field.

Died at the age of 72

14 January 1949

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5557 86/0123048, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

Anthony Byledbal, “Walter Williams (1876-1949)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/912