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WILLIAMS, Richard Leonard

Service Number:	4782
Enlisted:	11 February 1916, Adelaide South Australia Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Auburn, South Australia, 27 April 1895
Home Town:	Henley Beach , City of Charles Sturt / Henley and Grange, South Australia
Schooling:	Prince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation:	Station Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Auburn RSL Community Centre, Auburn War WW1 Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Grange Public School Roll of Honor, Henley Beach Council Fallen WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Henley Beach Council WW1 Service Roll, Henley Beach Roll of Honor, Henley Fulham Uniting Church Supreme Sacrifice Roll WW1, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

11 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide South Australia Australia
11 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT Aeneas (A60)
5 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 4782, 27th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private
Date unknown:	Involvement 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières

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