WILLIAMS, William
| Service Number: | 5480 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waratah, New South Wales, Australia, 13 August 1882 |
| Home Town: | Waratah West, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Waratah Superior Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Pneumonia, 4th Casualty Clearing Station, Beauval, France, 19 July 1916, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
Beauval Communal Cemetery Row F, Grave No. 14 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Waratah Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5480 | |
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| 9 Apr 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5480, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5480, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney | |
| 14 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5480, 13th Infantry Battalion, To hospital sick: Pneumonia | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5480, 13th Infantry Battalion, Died of disease: Pneumonia |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 19th July 1916, Private William Williams, 13th Battalion (Reg No-5480), blacksmith from Christo Road, Waratah, New South Wales, Died of Disease (pneumonia) at the 4th Casualty Clearing Station, Beauval, France, age 33.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Waratah, New South Wales on the 13th August 1882 to James David (died 21.4.1919, Waratah, N.S.W., age 79, buried at ANGLICAN 1-42. 46), and Hannah Williams (died 18.3.1924, Waratah, N.S.W., age 87, no memorial inscription, poppies placed at gravesite 7.8.2022) of Morehead Street, Lambton, N.S.W.; husband of Amy Florence Williams nee Reed of West Court Road, New Lambton, N.S.W. (married 1904, Newcastle, N.S.W., living apart when William enlisted, remarried 1918, Newcastle, N.S.W. to Oliver C Priest, died?, Amy died 1966?, Parramatta, N.S.W.), Will enlisted on the 16th January 1916 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A71 Nestor on the 9th April 1916.
Admitted to hospital 14.7.1916 (pneumonia).
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, died of disease, Roll of Honour, etc.
Mr. Williams is resting at Beauval Communal Cemetery, France. Row F Grave 14.
Place of Association – Waratah, New South Wales, Australia.
Will’s name has been inscribed on the Waratah Park Memorial Gates, Waratah-St Philip's Anglican Church Roll of Honour and the Book of Gold. Name possibly inscribed on the Waratah Superior Public School Roll of Honour.
Unfortunately, there is no memorial inscription on the headstone plaque for father James, which is now almost unreadable, to tell us of the loss of his son during The Great War, so September 2022 I erected a Memorial cross adorned with poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of Will’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 1-42. 46.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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