WILLIAMS, Walter
| Service Number: | 1442 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 November 1914, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Gravel Hill State School, Bendigo, Victoria |
| Occupation: | Leadlight glazier |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot II, Row C, Grave No. 2, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Honor Roll, Bendigo St. Andrews Presbyterian Church "They Died That We May Live" Roll of Honor, Golden Square District |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1442, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1442, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1442, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1442, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1442, 2nd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 29 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1442, 2nd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Eldest son of Owen Walter WILLIAMS of 323 Lyttleton Terrace, Bendigo, Victoria, Glass Stainer and his wife Susan, daughter of Thomas LAWSON.
CHRIST WILL HOLD ME FAST
Born in Melbourne, 10 February 1891 and educated at Bendigo, Victoria he, like his father was a Glass Stainer at Sydney. He volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war, and joined the Australian Forces on 26 November 1914. He proceeded to Egypt with the 2nd Reinforcements on 11 February 1915 and served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli, and was killed in action there by the bursting of a shell on 29 August 1915. He was buried where he fell.
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