WILLIAMS, James
| Service Number: | 2500 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Minmi, New South Wales, Australia, 5 October 1887 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Carrington, New South Wales, Australia, 14 August 1942, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 1-29. 86. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2500, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2500, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2500, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 20 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2500, 18th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
83 years ago today, on the Saturday afternoon of the 15th August 1942, Private James Williams, 18th Battalion (Reg No-2500), labourer or coal lumper and coal trimmer from 117 Kent Street, Sydney, New South Wales and 82 Bourke Street, Carrington, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 54. CATHOLIC 1-29. 86.
Not married.
Born at Minmi, New South Wales on the 5th October 1887 to John Rees and Sarah J Williams, James enlisted on the 18th July 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on the 5th October 1915.
Wounded in action - 4.8.1916 (exhaustion & shell shock, slight, Battle of Pozieres), 8.4.1918 (GSW right forearm, severe).
Granted leave to England from 7.3.1918 to 21.3.1918.
Admitted to hospital 7.8.1918 (influenza).
Commenced return to Australia 24.12.1918.
James arrived home invalided on the 11th February 1919, being discharged medically unfit on the 20th May 1919.
Received all 3 War Medals.
Mr. Williams’s name has been inscribed on the Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
The headstone plaque at James’s gravesite proudly tells us of his service with the 1st A.I.F., and I have placed poppies in remembrance of his sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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