Llewellyn WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS, Llewellyn

Service Number: 2837
Enlisted: 21 July 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 10th Infantry Battalion
Born: Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia, March 1895
Home Town: Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Clerk
Died: Killed in Action, France, 8 November 1916
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide Postmaster General's Department WWI Honour Board , Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Gambier Knight & Cleve Pictorial Honour Rolls, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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World War 1 Service

21 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2837, Keswick, South Australia
27 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2837, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
27 Oct 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2837, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide
8 Nov 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2837, 10th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2837 awm_unit: 10 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-08

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Biography

"THE LATE PRIVATE L. WILLIAMS.

Private L. Williams, second son of Mrs. M. Williams, of Mount Gambier, was killed in action in France on November 8. He was born in Mount Gambier, and resided there until he was a young man. He joined the staff of the Mount Gambier Post-office, and later was transferred to the Adelaide office. He enlisted for active service, leaving for the front on October 27, 1915. He celebrated his 21st birthday in camp. He was a capable and conscientious official, and news of his death came as a great shock to his widowed mother and many friends." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 23 Dec 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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