WILLIAMS, Richard
| Service Number: | 2029 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 February 1916, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Kapunda, South Australia, Australia , 28 August 1877 |
| Home Town: | Kapunda, Light, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Kapunda Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Ironmonger |
| Died: | Suicide (jumped overboard), At sea (Fremantle, Western Australia), 11 November 1918, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial Villers-Bretonneux, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 18 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2029, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2029, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle |
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"RETURNING SOLDIER DROWNED Perth, Nov. 13.
It is reported that whilst a vessel was coming to anchorage in Gage Roads, Fremantle, on Monday, a returning soldier, Private. R. Williams, was seen to fall over the side of the ship. Boats were immediately lowered, but no trace of the man could be found, and it is feared that he was drowned." - from the Kalgoorlie Miner 14 Nov 1918 (nla.gov.au)
"WILLIAMS.— On November 11, drowned off S.S. Runic, No. 2029 Pte. Richard Williams, youngest beloved son of Wm. Williams, Kapunda, for many years in the employ of the late Levi Green, Perth..." - from the Kapunda Herald 29 Nov 1918 (nla.gov.au)
Britsh War Medal + Victory Medal
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