WILLIAMS, Walter William
| Service Number: | 1195 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 September 1914, An original of G Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, 20 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | 26 June 1920, aged 26 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1195, 14th Infantry Battalion, An original of G Company | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1195, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1195, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Williams was with a party of about a dozen men of the 14th Battalion, led by Lieutenant Luscombe, who were captured by the Turks while trying to attack Hill 971 on the 8 August 1915. He was repatriated to Alexandria Egypt in November 1918 and returned to Australia 5 March 1919. He died just over a year later on 26 June 1920. Having survived being a POW of the Turks for over 3 years he suffered a fatal concussion during a game of soccer.
DEATH OF FOOTBALLER.
Walter William Williams, a returned soldier, 26 year of age, who was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital on June 19, suffering from injuries received while playing in a soccer football match at Preston, died on Saturday afternoon. He had fallen on head, and sustained compression of the brain and concussion, from which he did not regain consciousness. Williams lived in Drummond street, Carlton.
Argus , Monday 28 June 1920.