LCpl. Ernest Percival Williams

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LCpl. Ernest Percival Williams

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Saint Martins, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand
Death: December 29, 1917 (34)
No. 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Remy Siding, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium (World War I: Died of Wounds.)
Place of Burial: [XXVII. CC. 12.], Poperinge, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
Immediate Family:

Son of Frederick Walter Williams and Rosina Jane Williams
Brother of Charlotte Annie Williams; Frederick Wynn Williams; Ellen Evangeline Williams; George Walter Williams; Charles Henry Williams and 3 others

Occupation: Lawyer | Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion.
Find A Grave ID: 12072442
Service No: WWI 6/1762
Managed by: Private User
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About LCpl. Ernest Percival Williams

Ernest Percival Williams was born at Saint Martins, a suburb of Christchurch in the Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island on 14 August 1883 (reg. 1883/12393). His parents were Frederick Walter Williams and Rosina Jane Williams (née Breitmeyer) who had married on 20 July 1863 (reg. 1863/5979). Ernest was their youngest child, and both had died by the time he enlisted to serve during World War I with the Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion. Ernest was wounded in action in Belgium on 27 December 1917. He died of his wounds two days later at the No. 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station. 34-year-old Ernest was buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery [ XXVII. CC. 12.]. Ernest was the author of A New Zealander's diary: Gallipoli and France, 1915-1917. Bio by Debbie McCauley (6 September 2024).

Sources

  1. A New Zealander's diary : Gallipoli and France, 1915-1917 by Ernest Percival Williams (1st Canterbury Battalion).
  2. Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
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LCpl. Ernest Percival Williams's Timeline

1883
August 14, 1883
Saint Martins, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

Birth Registration Number: (reg. 1883/12393).

1917
December 29, 1917
Age 34
No. 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Remy Siding, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium
December 29, 1917
Age 34
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, [XXVII. CC. 12.], Poperinge, Arrondissement Ieper, West Flanders, Belgium