WILLIAMS, Leslie
| Service Number: | 7149 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1917, Leslie enlisted July 1915 with the 30th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W. Discharged on the 21.10.1915 as unlikely to become an efficient soldier, Leslie reenlisted August 1917 with the 18th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 29 September 1889 |
| Home Town: | Merewether, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Newcastle South Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Accident, Pacific Highway near Belmont, New South Wales, Australia, 7 November 1942, aged 53 years |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 23 SE. 27. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7149, 18th Infantry Battalion, Leslie enlisted July 1915 with the 30th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W. Discharged on the 21.10.1915 as unlikely to become an efficient soldier, Leslie reenlisted August 1917 with the 18th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W. | |
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| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 7149, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 7149, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney | |
| 23 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 7149, 18th Infantry Battalion, GSW thigh, gas | |
| 9 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7149, 18th Infantry Battalion, MD due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Resting at Sandgate Cemetery (do you remember me?).
77 years ago today, on the Tuesday afternoon of the 10th November 1942, Private Leslie Williams, also known as Punner, 18th Battalion, cook from 95 Railway Street, Merewether, New South Wales and Marks Point, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 53. METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 23 SE. 27.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132829742
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article132827205
Born at Merewether, New South Wales on the 29th September 1889 to Thomas and Anne Williams of 131 Scott Street, Newcastle, New South Wales, Leslie enlisted July 1915 with the 30th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Discharged on the 21.10.1915 as unlikely to become an efficient soldier, Leslie reenlisted August 1917 with the 18th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 23.7.1918 (GSW thigh, gas), Mr Williams was invalided home August 1919 with gas poisoning.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140985536
Leslie’s name has been inscribed on the Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates and the Newcastle South Public School Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 13th December 1918).
On the 7th November 1942, Punner was tragically killed when walking on the Pacific Highway near Belmont, N.S.W.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article167575104
Many thanks to Stan Allanson for the notification.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=419793#2
Lest We Forget.
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