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WILLIAMS, David Thomas
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5208 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 21 December 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Llanwenarth Citra, Monmouthshire, Wales, 17 December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Whitton, Leeton, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Newtown, New South Wales, 25 August 1968, aged 73 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5208, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 31 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5208, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
| 31 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5208, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Jan 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5208, 13th Infantry Battalion, Gassed | |
| 30 Aug 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 22 Oct 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 5208, 13th Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
Gassed
The service records of my great-uncle David (Dai) Williams show he enlisted with the 13th Infantry Battalion at Liverpool, N.S.W., on 21 Dec 1915.
Dai survived the war to be discharged at the rank of Corporal on 13 Oct 1919.
During his service Dai was wounded by mustard gas on 31 Jan 1918. He was promoted to Corporal on 30 Aug 1918.
Dai drew a soldier settler block near Whitton in N.S.W., and lived his later years in Sydney where he worked as a security guard on the wharves.
He died in Sydney on 25 Aug 1968
R.I.P.
Submitted 17 May 2017 by Doug Williams