WILLIAMS, Wallace Joseph Gordon
| Service Number: | 2963 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Balhannah Old Scholars Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2963, 7th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2963, 7th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle | |
| 30 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2963, 6th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Melbourne embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2963, 6th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Port Melbourne, Fremantle |
Wallace Joseph Gordon Williams
Name: Wallace Joseph Gordon Williams
Service Number: 2963
Place of Birth: Balhannah
Date of Birth: 17 June 1885
Place of Enlistment: Perth
Date of Enlistment: 9 May 1916
Age at Enlistment: 30 years 10 months
Next of Kin: Wife, Susan Kate Williams
Occupation: Carpenter
Religion: Methodist
Rank: Lance Corporal / Sergeant
Wallace left Fremantle on board the Port Melbourne on 30 October 1916, disembarking at Devonport, England on 28 December. He proceeded to France on the SS Golden Eagle on 28 February 1917. Contracting mumps resulted in Wallace being hospitalised for 5 weeks and rejoining his unit on 30 April. He was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal on 18 September and made a Sergeant in France on 11 January 1918.
Wallace was wounded in action on 29 September sustaining a gunshot to the left thigh which necessitated being invalided to England on 1 October and his wife informed on 11 October. He returned to Australia on the Bakara on 22 January 1919 and discharged on 22 March.
Submitted 23 October 2023 by christopher collins