Henry Hubert WILLIAMS

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Service Number:	2280
Enlisted:	19 March 1915, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, 7 August 1892
Home Town:	Southern Cross, Yilgarn, Western Australia
Schooling:	Southern Cross State School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, Boulougne, France, 13 August 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Boulder 84th Infantry Goldfields Regiment Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie St John's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Southern Cross Christ Church Honour Roll, Southern Cross Honour Roll, Southern Cross State School Honor Roll, Southern Cross War Memorial

19 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2280, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2280, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2280, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Wandilla, Fremantle
2 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2280, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli
3 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 48th Infantry Battalion
9 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 48th Infantry Battalion
6 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2280, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW (back and spine)
13 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2280, 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2280 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-08-13

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Henry was born in Broken Hill, New South Wales, he had joined the A.I.F. on the 19th of March 1915. He was later promoted to Acting Sergeant.

Henry saw service in Egypt, Gallipoli, and on the Western Front in France where he died from wounds recieved in the battle of Pozières.

Medals: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and the Victory Medal.

Henry was the ninth child of Thomas Henry Williams and Hester Ann Williams (nee Radcliffe).

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