WILLIAMS, Frank
| Service Number: | 2836 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dunkeld, Victoria, Australia, 25 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Dunkeld, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 23 July 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2836, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2836, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2836, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
| 28 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Frank Williams was one of four Australian brothers from Dunkeld, Victoria who all died on service during WW1.
Frank Williams enlisted in Adelaide, South Australia and served with the 27th and 10th Battalions.
He joined the 10th Battalion in Egypt during early 1916 and was killed in action at Pozieres on 23 July 1916. His older brother, 510 Pte. John Edward Williams 15th Battalion was an original Anzac and had been killed at Gallipoli on 8 August 1915, aged 24. Another younger brother, 358 Stoker Michael Wright Williams, Royal Australian Navy, a stoker on the sunken Australian submarine AE2, died as a prisoner of war in Turkey on 23 September 1916.
A fourth brother, the youngest, 3488 Pte. Thomas Peter Williams 14th Battalion AIF was killed in action on 18 April 1918, aged 20.
They were the sons of John and Matilda Williams of Dunkeld, Victoria.
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