William John WILLIAMS

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WILLIAMS, William John

Service Number:	3498
Enlisted:	29 July 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Monmouthsire, Wales, 1879
Home Town:	Collie, Collie, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Coal Miner
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 5 July 1916
Cemetery:	Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix Plot I, Row E, Grave 7 Rev. W. E. Cargill officiated,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial

World War 1 Service

29 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3498, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
2 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 3498, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
2 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 3498, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle
5 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3498, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), embarked Alexandria for Marseilles
5 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 3498, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3498 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-05

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

2 March 1916 - Joined 11 Battalion

3 April 19165 - Joined 51 Battalion

5 June 1916 - Proceeded to join BEF from Alexandria

12 June 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Cemetery, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

One of three brothers who served in WWI, Private William John Williams (Service No:3498) enlisted in the AIF at Blackboy Hill on 29 July 1915 with No 18 Depot Coy, and was attached to 11th Infantry Battalion on 2 November 1915 when he embarked with his Unit from Fremantle for Gallipoli on board HMAT A38 Ulysses. On 5 June 1916 Private Williams was attached to 51st Infantry Battalion when he embarked from Alexandria for Marseilles, and was KiA at Pozierres in the Somme Valley on 5 July 1916.

Born in Monmouthsire, Wales in 1880, William was eldest of seven children of William Williams Snr (b1856 in Monmouthshire, Wales) and Margaret Frances (b1856 in Monmouthshire, Wales). William Snr (a Coal Miner/Hewer) and Margaret married in 1875 in Monmouthshire, where they settled and raised their family and William Snr was a Coal Miner. In 1909, William and three of his four sons (Ivor remained in Wales) immigrated, arriving in Fremantle on board the Orsova. Margaret and their daughters followed in 1910, arriving in Fremantle on board the Ormuz. William Snr and Margaret settled in Collie, where they raised their family and William and his sons worked as Coal Miners.

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