LIDDELL, William Thomas
| Service Number: | 3146 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 54th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adamstown,New South Wales, Australia, 2 November 1893 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plasterer |
| Died: | Wickham, New South Wales, Australia, 18 January 1952, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-33. 113. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3146, 54th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 3146, 54th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 3146, 54th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 25 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3146, 54th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), GSW left foot, complex fracture | |
| 11 Mar 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3146, 54th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, medically unfit (chronic gastritis) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
70 years ago today, on the Saturday afternoon of the 19th January 1952, Private William Thomas Liddell, 54th Battalion (Reg No-3146), also known as Pluck, plasterer from Victoria Street, Adamstown, New South Wales and 16A Grey Street, Wickham, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 58. CATHOLIC 2-33. 113.
Born at Adamstown, New South Wales on the 2nd November 1893 to Edward and Mary Ann Liddell; husband of Florence Mary Liddell nee Walmsley (married 1928, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 1983, sleeping here, 31 years a widow), William enlisted September 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 7.6.1917 (GSW left foot, compound fracture).
William returned home November 1917, being discharged medically unfit (chronic gastritis) on the 11th March 1918.
Mr. Liddell’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 17th December 1921, 233 names inscribed, 32 Fallen) and the Adamstown Municipal District Roll of Honor.
The tragic circumstances of William’s death were reported - death follows collapse.
Pluck’s headstone plaque gives us no indication of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of his sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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