WILLIAMS, Leslie
| Service Number: | 26906 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Mathinna, Tasmania, Australia, 22 May 1893 |
| Home Town: | Mathinna, Break O'Day, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 28 July 1951, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
St. Peter's Anglican Cemetery, Saint Leonards, Tasmania |
| Memorials: | Fingal Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 26906, 6th Field Artillery Brigade | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Driver, 26906, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Sydney embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Driver, 26906, 6th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Port Sydney, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Leslie Williams was a son of Andrew James and Sarah Jane Williams of Mathinna, Tasmania. His family had a remarkable record of service during WW1, with four brothers enlisting from the small bush town near Mount Ben Lomond in Tasmania.
His brothers, 1108 Private Charles Henry Ernest Williams 15th Battalion AIF, killed in action 2 May 1915. Age 29.
1652 Lance Corporal Francis Herbert Williams 12th Battalion M.M. and Bar, twice wounded, returned to Australia July 1918, from Mathinna, Tasmania.
742 Private James Andrew Williams 15th Battalion AIF, was awarded a Military Medal for bravery in 1917, was wounded and returned to Australia during September 1919.
Another brother, Russell Thomas Williams, tried to enlist but was rejected on medical grounds.
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