Thomas
Walter
Willis
Born in Fernside, Canterbury, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of John Willis
and Jane (Prior) Willis
Brother of
Gladys Jennie (Willis) Wright, John Gordon Prior Willis, George Charles Garlick Willis, Arthur Reynolds Willis, Philip Ashley Willis, Ellen Rubina (Willis) Boddie, Roy Lancelot Willis and Lorna Dorothy (Willis) Hewitt
Husband of
Charlotte Maude (Barker) Willis
— married
1916 in New Zealand
[children unknown]
Died
at age 23
in Somme, Picardie, France
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| Created 9 Nov 2019
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Thomas Willis is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Biography
WW1 - Service number 46153 Private Auckland Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion Next of kin on embarkation: Mrs C.M. Willis (wife), Otorohanga, New Zealand
Embarkation details: 24 Jul 1917-25 September 1917 to Plymouth, Devon HMNZT 89 Vessel was Waitemata Corporal 28th Reinforcements, E Company New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Death: Somme, Northern France Killed in Action Buried in Englebelmer Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France F 25
Biographical information: Embarked Wellington, 14 July 1917; disembarked Southampton, England, 25 September 1917, and marched in to NZ Reserve Group, Sling Camp, and reverted to Lance Corporal. Proceeded overseas to France, 26 October 1917; joined 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, in the field, 11 November 1917. Reverted to ranks at own request, 11 November 1917. Killed in action, 8 April 1918. Parents: John and Jane WILLIS (both b. Christchurch) [NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra ]
Sources
NZBDM: birth - 1894/6267 Willis Thomas Walter mother: Jane father: John; marriage - 1916/3323 Charlotte Maude Barker Thomas Walter Willis; death - 1918/80767 Willis Thomas Walter 24Y (war dead)
Auckland War Memorial Museum online cenotaph
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Thomas by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Thomas:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
Beverley Wilson 
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~12.50%
Ruth (Willis) Austin :
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