WILLIAMS, William Arthur
| Service Number: | 6849 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Bakery |
| Born: | Wallendbeen, New South Wales, Australia, 16 April 1890 |
| Home Town: | Leichhardt, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 28 May 1949, aged 59 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Plot Anglican Section 16, Grave 1342 |
| Memorials: | Parkes District Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 6849, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: '' | |
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| 16 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 6849, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Beltana, Sydney | |
| 18 Mar 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6849, 13th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW and contusions, back. | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6849, 13th Infantry Battalion, Bomb wound, right ear | |
| 20 Oct 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Field Bakery |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William Arthur Williams was one of five brothers who enlisted in the AIF. He was the son of Charles William and Matilda Williams of Parkes, New South Wales. His mother had passed away when he was five years of age.
William was 6 foot one and half inches when he enlisted in 1917.
His brothers who served were, 6853 Pte. Robert Miers Williams 35th Battalion AIF, killed in action 6 April 1918, aged 19.
6852 Pte. Bert Frederick Williams 18th Battalion AIF, RTA 4 January 1919. (dilated action of the heart)
2030 L.Cpl. Walter Waldron Williams 18th Battalion AIF, RTA 12 May 1918. (shrapnel wound to back)
3287 Pte. Sydney Williams 45th Battalion AIF, RTA 31 January 1918. (wounded at Messines, gunshot wound shoulder)
William was transferred to the 13th Battalion when he reached France during March 1918. He was twice wounded during subsequent fighting and was transferred to the 5th Field Bakery just before the war ended. He returned to Australia during March 1919 and was discharged from the AIF, medically unfit, on 31 October 1919.
William married in Sydney during 1919 and raised six children. He died in Sydney at only 59 years of age during 1949.