WILLIAMS, Stanley Esdras
| Service Number: | 1260 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | The Oakes, New South Wales, Australia, December 1885 |
| Home Town: | Kempsey, Kempsey, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of Illness while Prisoner of War, Bazielles, France, Bazielles, Champagne-Ardenne, France, 1 May 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Noyers-Pont-Maugis French National Cemetery Grave:521. INSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF A LOVING SON & BROTHER A BRAVE SOLDIER & A TRUE MATE He is the only Australian casualty interred here. Region Ardennes GPS Coordinates Latitude: 49.6616 Longitude: 4.92817 Originally interred in Grave 25 of Bazeilles Communal Cemetery south-east of Sedan, until 1934. , Noyers-Pont-Maugis French National Cemetery, Noyers-Pont-Maugis, Champagne-Ardenne, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Telegraph Point Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1260, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 1260, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
| 13 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 1260, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 9 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1260, 36th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW left shoulder | |
| 12 Apr 1918: | Imprisoned German Spring Offensive 1918, Died of illness while a prisoner |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 33 and the son of John and Hannah Williams, of Upper Eungai, Macleay Rise, New South Wales.
He is the only Australian casualty interred here.
The Commune of Noyers-Pont-Maugis, containing the village of Noyers and the hamlet of Pont-Maugis, is 20 kilometres south-east of Charleville-Mezieres and about 7 kilometres south of Sedan. The Cemetery is west of the village of Noyers on top of a hill. The cemetery was made in 1920 for the re-burial of more than 1,700 French casualties who were moved there from battlefield graves. In 1934 Commonwealth graves were also moved to this cemetery from civilian cemeteries at Bareilles, [Bazeilles?] Deville and Montherme where maintenance in perpetuity could not be ensured. The cemetery now contains eight Commonwealth burials of the First World War and the graves of four Second World War airmen.
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