WILLIAMS, Roy Hayes
| Service Number: | 723 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 March 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, September 1893 |
| Home Town: | Beaconsfield, Fremantle, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France - Pozieres, 29 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 723, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 723, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 723, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From In Memory Of
In Memory Of Private 723 Roy Hayes Williams, 28th Battalion.
Private Williams came from my hometown of Ballarat, Victoria.
A signwriter and decorator prior to enlistment, he embarked with D Company from Fremantle aboard HMAT Ascanius on the 29th of June 1915.
Deployed with his unit to Gallipoli in September 1915, he was evacuated suffering from influenza later the same month. After convalescing for several months in England, he re-joined his unit in France in June 1916.
In taking part in the 28th Battalion's first major battle at Pozières, Private Williams was killed in action on the 29th of July 1916, aged 23.
Lest We Forget.
Photograph came from the Australian War Memorial. Image file number AWM P07646.001.
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