WILLIAMSON, Alexander
| Service Number: | 691 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 29th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Foster, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Foster, South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Foster State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 24 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium XIV F 2 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Foster Circuit Great War Honor Roll, Foster War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 691, 29th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 10 Nov 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 691, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Louis George and Mary WILLIAMSON of Foster, Vic.
I ONCE WAS LOST BUT NOW AM FOUND
Still another gap in the ranks of our Foster lads and another grave in a foreign land, for the sad news arrived on Thursday that Private Alex Williamson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lou Williamson, of Foster had been killed in action in France. "Alex", who had grown from boyhood to manhood in our midst, was well liked by all who knew him. He was about 25 years of age when his young life ended, having been for over two years on active service. The flag at the school was flown at half mast on Friday, the young soldier having been a scholar, and on all sides heartfelt sympathy was expressed for his bereaved parents in their great sorrow.
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