Edgar
Williamson
Born in Matakanui, Central Otago, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Brother of
John Herbert Williamson, Ida Williamson, Amy Robertson Williamson, Marjory (Williamson) Allen, William Archibald Williamson, Richard Williamson and Eva Alice (Williamson) Corbett
Husband of
Agnes Winifred (Goodfellow) Williamson
— married
24 Jan 1923 in New Zealand
[children unknown]
Died
at age 95
in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Jul 2021
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Biography
Edgar Williamson was born on 3 October 1898 in Matakanui, Central Otago, New Zealand as the son of Archibald Williamson and Margary Robertson McLaren[1].
He was a member of the 12th Mounted Rifles, before his enlistment on 26 October 1917 in Oamaru, New Zealand. He reported to Training Camp on 3 April 1918. On his Attestation Paper, he listed his civilian occupation as Ploughman working for Mrs. S. Hutton in Livingstone. He sailed from Wellington, with the 39th Reinforcements on Transport Ship No. 106, on 13 June 1918 arriving in Jamaica on 12 July 1918. On 2 August 1918, he then sailed on the S.S. Goentoer arriving in Liverpool, England on 31 August 1918. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment for the remainder of his service. According to his service records he sailed for New Zealand, on the 'Port Harding' from Liverpool, on 4 July 1919. He was discharged on 17 September 1919[2][3].
He married Agnes Winifred Goodfellow on 24 January 1923 in New Zealand[4].
He died on 16 March 1994 in Blenheim, Marlborough, New Zealand[5].
He was buried in Havelock Cemetery, Havelock, Marlborough, New Zealand [6].
Sources
- ↑ NZ BDM Birth registration 1898/12696 Williamson Edgar Marjory Archibald
- ↑ https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C110467
- ↑ https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE21225294
- ↑ NZ BDM Marriage registration 1923/1785 Agnes Winifred Goodfellow Edgar Williamson
- ↑ NZ BDM Death registration 1994/37961 Williamson Edgar 2 October 1898
- ↑ PVT Edgar Williamson (1898-1994) on Find A Grave: Memorial #211640531 retrieved 30 July 2021
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 13 June 2021, 21:33), entry for Edgar Williamson (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LKB1-J5W ); contributed by various users.
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