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WILLIAMS, Walter James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 60566 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 June 1918, Place of Enlistment, Coonabarabran New South Wales. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW) |
| Born: | Gulargambone, New South Wales, Australia, 29 April 1892 |
| Home Town: | Coonabarabran, Warrumbungle Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | South Grafton, Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, 6 July 1953, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 6 Jun 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 60566, Place of Enlistment, Coonabarabran New South Wales. | |
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| 4 Sep 1918: | Involvement Private, 60566, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Bakara embarkation_ship_number: A41 public_note: '' | |
| 4 Sep 1918: | Embarked Private, 60566, 16th to 27th Reinforcements (NSW), HMAT Bakara, Sydney |
Personal Stories
Walter James Williams.
Walter James Williams, who was born at Gulargambone, NSW, enlisted at Coonabarabran on 9 June 1918. He sailed from Sydney on 4 September 1918 on board the troopship Bakara (A41) bound for England. Although he arrived in England on 14 November 1918, after the war had ended, he was sent to France in January 1919 as a reinforcement to the 2nd Battalion. He returned to Australia and was discharged on 20 September 1919.
Submitted 18 May 2021 by Lynette Turner
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