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WILLIAMS, David Victor John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 761 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Port Adelaide, South Australia, 2 January 1886 |
| Home Town: | Bridgetown, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coal Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 58, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 761, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 761, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 761, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Birth year registered as 1886 Book/Page 366/149. Age stated on Attestation paper is given as 27 years 9 months
Son of William Willams and Fanny Williams nee Horn of Port Adelaide, SA. Next of kin given as his only brother Charles Jubilee Williams of Bridgetow, WA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal