WILLIAMS, Stanley Charles Howard
| Service Numbers: | 1425, Lieutenant |
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| Enlisted: | 7 November 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | Unspecified British Units |
| Born: | Windsor, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Cremorne, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Influenza, Zaria, Nigeria, West Africa, 14 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Zaria European Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Mosman Rowing Club Great War Roll of Honour, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, 1425, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked 1425, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement 1425, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Dec 1915: | Discharged AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, 1425, to take up commission in British Army | |
| 28 Dec 1915: | Enlisted British Forces (All Conflicts), appointed Second Lieutenant in British Army and commenced officer training Pembroke College, Cambridge University | |
| 10 Jul 1916: | Wounded British Forces (All Conflicts), Second Lieutenant, (right arm) at Delville Wood, Somme | |
| 1 Aug 1917: | Transferred British Forces (All Conflicts), Unspecified British Units, Lieutenant, to the 1st Battalion, Nigeria Regiment, Royal West African Frontier Force | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Lieutenant, Unspecified British Units |
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DEATH OF LIEUT. STANLEY WILLIAMS.
Cable advices have been received from the Secretary to the War Office, London, intimating that Lieut. Stanley C. H. Williams, only son and child of Mr. A. B. Williams, general manager in Australia of the New York Life Insurance Company, died from influenza and pneumonia at Zaria, Nigeria, West Africa, on October 14. Enlisting as a private, he left Australia towards the end of 1914 as quarter- master sergeant of the First Reinforcements of the 13th Battalion. He took part In the landing at Gallipoli, whence he was invalided to Malta and England suffering from enteric. On convalescence he was offered and accepted a commission in the British Army, and was posted to the 23rd Royal Fusiliers. He saw service in France as sub-lieutenant, and was severely wounded in the first battle of Delville Wood. On recovering, he received a staff appointment in England as gassing, bombing, and trench storming officer with temporary rank as captain. In August, 1917, he was selected to go to Africa, being attached as first lieutenant to the First Nigeria Regiment. After taking part in the campaign in German East Africa, he returned to Nigeria, being stationed In Zaria, distant about 700 miles inland from the port of Lagos, West Africa. It was here that Lieutenant Williams fell a victim to the virulent influenza epidemic.
Biography contributed by Peter Rankin
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