WILLIAMSON, Harold William
| Service Number: | 1840 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 110th Australian (Howitzer) Battery |
| Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1885 |
| Home Town: | Yerra, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | St Andrews Cathedral School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 14 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mungar Yerra Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1840, 41st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1840, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1840, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane | |
| 14 Jun 1917: | Involvement Driver, 1840, 110th Australian (Howitzer) Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1840 awm_unit: 110th Australian (Howitzer) Battery awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-06-14 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His brother 19153 Driver George Nixon Williamson also of the 110th Howitzer Bty. 10th Bde. Australian Field Artillery was killed in action on the same day serving in the same unit when an enemy shell hit the ammunition dump they were working on, 14 June, 1917.
Both are buried side by side in the Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Belgium. They were the sons of Henry Trussler Williamson and Emily Williamson. Harold's place of association was given as Yerra, Queensland on the ROH by his brother in law.
A third served, 1168 Private Herbert Hamilton Williamson 30th Battalion AIF returned to Australia 4 May 1917 with for change with chronic rheumatism.
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