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WILLIAMS, Charles Frederick Tomkins
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5939 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Marylebone, London, England, United Kingdom, 1892 |
| Home Town: | North Dandalup, Murray, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Middlesex County Council school |
| Occupation: | He had trained as a nurseryman, but was employed as an assistant station master in Australia. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 8 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, North Dandalup Keysbrook Venn Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 30 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 5939, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
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| 30 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 5939, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Mar 1892 Williams Charles Frederick T Marylebone 1a 615
At the age of 18 he emigrated to Australia and on May 24, 1916, he enlisted in the A.I.F. in North Dandalup, Western Australia.
Son of Frederick Williams & his wife Ellen Amelia Beakley, Walsoken Smeeth.
He is remembered on the WALSOKEN WAR MEMORIAL
(this parish has fluctuated between Norfolk & Cambs)
The memorial is located in Walsoken cemetery, adjacent to All Saints Church.
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