WILLIAMS, Reginald Thomas
| Service Number: | 2410 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Exeter, New South Wales, Australia , date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
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World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2410, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2410, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Brisbane |
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Raid on Celtic Wood
2410 Private Reginald Thomas Williams was one of the three 3rd Light Trench Mortar men who accompanied the 10th Battalion raiders during their raid on Celtic Wood. He was wounded during the raid on 9 October 1917, was treated at 64th Field Ambulance for wounds to his left leg then admitted to 11th Casualty Clearing Station the same day. He rejoined the battery in late December 1917 and the following year was gassed in March and wounded again in June. [i]
Returned to Australia in April 1919.
[i] National Archives of Australia, B 2455, Williams Reginald Thomas / 1811073, viewed 3 September 2011.
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