Herbert Leichardt WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS, Herbert Leichardt

Service Number: 3654
Enlisted: 5 February 1916, Cedargrove, Qld.
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 31st Infantry Battalion
Born: Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia, 17 December 1896
Home Town: Cedar Grove, Logan, Queensland
Schooling: Correspondence
Occupation: Timber Getter
Died: Brisbane, Qld., September 1970, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Toowong (Brisbane General) Cemetery, Queensland
Memorials: Beaudesert War Memorial, Jimboomba District Roll of Honour, Woody Point Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

5 Feb 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3654, 31st Infantry Battalion, Cedargrove, Qld.
16 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 3654, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 3654, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane

World War 2 Service

31 Oct 1943: Enlisted

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Herbert was the son of Harry Leichhardt Williams and Eliza Welch, a well-known Redcliffe family. Herbert enlisted in February 1916. On his return home he married Mary Ellen Gourlay in 1927 and he and his wife settled at Redcliffe.