David John WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS, David John

    Service Number: 1225
    Enlisted: 9 September 1914, Morphettville, South Australia
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Aberdovey, Wales, 8 January 1887
    Home Town: Brentwood, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
    Schooling: Borthygest Council School, Wales
    Occupation: Draughtsman/Foreman Mason
    Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 August 1915, aged 28 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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    World War 1 Service

    9 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Morphettville, South Australia
    22 Dec 1914: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1225, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    22 Dec 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1225, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    7 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1225, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1225 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-08-07

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    Biography

    "LATE SGT. D. WILLIAMS.

    Sgt. David Williams was killed in action at Suvla Bay on August 7, 1915. A native of Wales, deceased had been in Australia about six years before he enlisted. He was well known at Brentwood, Yorke's Peninsula. His parents live in Wales." - from the Adelaide Register 24 Jun 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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