WILLIAMS, Herbert Charles
| Service Number: | 2482 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tarnagulla, Loddon - Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horticulturist |
| Died: | 15 April 1949, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria, Australia Methodist Monumental Section 15 Grave 046 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 9 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2482, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 25 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2482, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Pollock
2482 PTE Herbert Charles WILLIAMS enlisted at Melbourne on the 30th of May 1916. A 41-year-old horticulturist from Maryborough, he was initially assigned the regimental number 2482 and was posted as a Private with the 59th Battalion A.I.F.
Sent overseas with the 5th Reinforcements of the 59th Battalion, he departed Melbourne aboard the H.M.A.T. Shropshire in late September 1916, arriving in England on 11 November 1916.
Taken on strength by the 59th Battalion in France on the 21st of February 1917, he would serve with them until he was wounded in action (shrapnel wound to the left hand). This was not serious enough to see him evacuated to England, and he was back with his unit by the 13th of April 1917.
Herbert would remain with the 59th Battalion until his admission to the 7th Canadian Stationary Hospital in France suffering from debility on the 30th of August 1917. A short time later on the 7th of September 1917 he was sent back to England suffering from Bright’s disease (Nephritis - kidney disease). He would spend a month at the Norfolk War Hospital in Norwich, before being transferred to the 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital in Dartford.
Herbert Williams was sent back to Australia on the 31st of December 1917 and discharged as medically unfit for further service on the 5th of February 1918.The cause of discharge being stated as nephritis.
Service Medal entitlements - British War Medal, Victory Medal.
After his return to Australia, PTE WILLIAMS was hospitalised for six months at Mont Park Military Mental Hospital under Section 2, Mental Treatment Act 1915; where he was diagnosed as delusional.
PTE WILLIAMS was again hospitalised at the Mont Park Military Mental Hospital on 26 January 1926, where he appears to have remained until his death on 15 April 1949. The cause of his hospitalisation was stated as “war service.”
References:
Service History – Compiled by Daniel Jones [email protected]