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WILLIAMS, Wilfred Alfred

Service Number:	1023
Enlisted:	1 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Model State School, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Broodsiende Ridge, Belgium, 5 October 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Panel 25, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

World War 1 Service

1 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1023, 40th Infantry Battalion
1 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 1023, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: ''
1 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 1023, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Hobart
7 Jun 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1023, 40th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, Shell shock. Evacuated to hospital (France). Rejoined unit 18 August 1917.
5 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1023, 40th Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, Killed in action

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