Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Featherston Cemetery | South Wairarapa | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.125 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 13B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | Mentioned in Despatches x2 | ||
Family :
Son of Joseph and Isobel Hollis (nee Dixon); husband of Kathleen A. Hollis, of Simla Crescent, Khandallah, Wellington. Born at Wellington.Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: Wellington Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F. |
| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
Detail :
WWI 13/760 - WWI 11/760A Lieutenant William Joseph Hollis, 3rd Battalion Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles, New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Formerly a Sergeant-Major in the Auckland Mounted Rifles. Died from Influenza following Armsistice.
Twice Mentioned in Despatches - London Gazette, 6th July 1917, p6774.
He is commemorated on the New Zealand War Graves Project and also the Auckland Museum Online Cenotaph.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Tongariro No. 705 E.C. | New Zealand (North Island) |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
19th June 1913 | 21st August 1913 | 16th April 1914 |
Contribution record record 3 years of war service and then and year of acknowledged dues in 1917, before the annotation "Died 10th Novr 1918".
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley