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WILLIAMS, George Thomas Clyde

Service Number:	3808
Enlisted:	7 January 1915
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	5th Australian Field Artillery Battery
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 2 July 1893
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Shipwright
Died:	Died of wounds, 17th CCS, Lijssenthoek, Belgium, 26 October 1917, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XXII, Row C, Grave No. 5A,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

7 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement Gunner, 3808, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked Gunner, 3808, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Runic, Melbourne
30 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 3808, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, TOS
15 May 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, France
3 May 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 3808, 21st Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, GSW to left elbow. Evacuated to UK. Never rejoined unit.
17 Jul 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line and Outpost Villages, Military Medal Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189 Date: 8 November 1917
11 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Belgium
22 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 3808, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, Multiple SW. Evacuated to 17th CCS at Lijssenthoek, where he later died of his wounds on 26 October 1917.
26 Oct 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 3808, 5th Australian Field Artillery Battery, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3808 awm_unit: 5th Australian Field Artillery Battery awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1917-10-26

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