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WILLIAMSON, Harold Edwin

Service Numbers:	2796, NX53277
Enlisted:	31 January 1916, Casula, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/1st Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Hackney, England, 26 July 1894
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Groom
Died:	Died of wounds, Tobruk, 13 April 1941, aged 46 years
Cemetery:	Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk Coll. Grave 3. K1-13,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

31 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2796, Casula, New South Wales
9 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2796, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Sydney
9 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2796, 30th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
9 Oct 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Third Ypres
20 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2796, 30th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

24 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX53277, Paddington, New South Wales
24 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX53277
14 Apr 1941:	Involvement Private, NX53277, 2nd/1st Pioneer Battalion, Siege of Tobruk

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