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WILLIAMS, Percy James
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1534 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 November 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Mildura, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Donnybrook, Donnybrook-Balingup, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mill Hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds, At sea on board HS Gascon, Gallipol, 14 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lt. Col. Hugo officiated Panel 58, Lone Pine Memorial |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Donnybrook War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Trinity Church Perth HR |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1534, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 22 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1534, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1534, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Itonus, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Henry Charles and Ellen Williams of Preston Avenue, Donnybrook, WA. Brother of John Francis Williams who was killed in action on 12 August 1916 while serving with the 16th Battalion and has no known grave. His name appears on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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