WILLIAMS, Walter Herbert
| Service Number: | 65545 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 June 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Leading Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 14 May 1910 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wharf Labourer |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 7 February 1988, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 65545 | |
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| 4 Apr 1945: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 65545 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Walter was the fourth of five children of John Williams (born 1859 in Lancashire, England) and Selina Berney (nee Butler; born 1871 in Gympie, QLD). John - a Labourer - arrived in Brisbane, QLD in August 1880 on board the Shenir. John and Selina married in Rockhampton, QLD in 1896. They settled in Bundaberg, QLD where they raised their family and John worked as a Wharf Labourer and Carpenter.
Walter was a Labourer in Bundaberg, QLD when he married Annie Christena Hansen (born 1910 in Mackay, QLD) in 1929. Walter and Annie lived in Mackay, QLD where Walter was a Wharf Labourer and a Lance Sergeant in the Militia (47 Battalion) between 1933 and 1940. They were in Sydney, NSW in 1943 when Walter enlisted with the RAAF (Service No:65545). He served as an Aircraftman and Leading Aircraftman and was attached to 2 Stores Depot when he was Discharged in April 1945.
Walter returned to work as a Wharf Labourer, and he and Annie moved from Bundaberg to Brisbane, QLD in the early 1950s. Walter died in 1988 and Annie in 1995.
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