HAM. Private W A Ham, Motueka, Nelson, fatally wounded in the Suez Canal engagement 3rd February 1915, first of the NZEF to be killed in action. Weekly News, 18th February 1915. http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/files/documents/ngatimoti-article.pdf Private William Arthur Ham William Ham was killed when the New Zealand Infantry Brigade helped repulse a Turkish attack on the Suez Canal. According to his family he was the first New Zealand soldier killed in the First World War. Ngatimoti war memorial in the Motueka Valley.
In Memory of Private WILLIAM ARTHUR HAM 6/246, Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. who died age 22 on 05 February 1915 Remembered with honour ISMAILIA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
