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WILLIAMS, Charles Gordon

Service Number:	3005
Enlisted:	1 August 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Streaky Bay, South Australia, 1898
Home Town:	Streaky Bay, Streaky Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 5 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ceduna Murat Bay and District WW1 Honor Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Streaky Bay Courela WW1 Roll of Honour, Streaky Bay National Trust Museum Stained Glass Window Memorial

World War 1 Service

1 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3005, Adelaide, South Australia
6 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3005, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
6 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3005, 50th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide
5 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3005, 25th Machine Gun Company, Broodseinde Ridge, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3005 awm_unit: 25th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-05

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