WILLIAMS, Sydney
| Service Number: | 3287 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wallendbeen, New South Wales, Australia, 10 October 1891 |
| Home Town: | Parkes, Parkes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 20 May 1955, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Plot Zone C Anglican Section 10 Grave 5176 |
| Memorials: | Parkes District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3287, 45th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3287, 45th Infantry Battalion , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3287, 45th Infantry Battalion , HMAT Beltana, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Sydney Williams was one of five brothers who enlisted in the AIF. He was the son of Charles William and Matilda Williams of Parkes, New South Wales. His mother had passed away when he was four years of age.
Sydney was 6 feet tall when he enlisted in 1916.
His brothers who served were, 6853 Pte. Robert Miers Williams 35th Battalion AIF, killed in action 6 April 1918, aged 19.
6852 Pte. Bert Frederick Williams 18th Battalion AIF, RTA 4 January 1919. (dilated action of the heart)
2030 L.Cpl. Walter Waldron Williams 18th Battalion AIF, RTA 12 May 1918. (shrapnel wound to back)
6849 L.Cpl. William Arthur Williams 18th Battalion AIF, RTA 5 March 1919. (twice wounded, discharged medically unfit)
Sydney joined the 45th Battalion at the front on 14 May 1917. Only three weeks later he was most severely wounded at Messines in Belgium on 7 June 1917. He was evacuated to England with a serious gunshot wound to the chest and left shoulder. He was returned to Australia due to his injuries on 31 January 1918.
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