WILLIAMS, Thomas
| Service Number: | 553 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 September 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Cork, Ireland, 1878 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Egypt, 12 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery Row J, Grave 77, Chatby Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Alexandria, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 553, Enlisted at Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 553, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 553, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 12 Aug 1915: | Involvement 553, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 553 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1915-08-12 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address of wife was 12 Lower Dublin Hill, Cork Ireland
12 April 1915 - Proceeded from Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli.
26 April 1915 - Appointed Company Sergeant Major.
8 August 1915 - Wounded in action (bullet wound, chest), and admitted to 4th Field Ambulance;
12 August 1915 Transferred same day to Casualty Clearing Station. Transferred to HS 'Devanha'; died of wounds on board.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
18 August 1917 - Wife wrote to Base Records: 'I am pleased to acknowledge receipt of your letter bearing date of 30/5/17 raising my late husband Coy. Sergent (sic) Major Thos. Williams 553, 15th Battn A.I.F. to the rank of Warrant Officer II Class. In my loneliness it will always be to me asource of pleasure and consolation to know that he has performed his duty in such a manner as earned for him the commendation and recommendation of his Superiors and that the spirit with which he had tried to serve his King and Country has been recognized in the proper quarter.' Letter same day: '[His personal possessions] would be an immense source of pleasure to me through their being associated with him in his last moments.'
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