Alec Herbert WILLIAMS

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WILLIAMS, Alec Herbert

Service Number:	S56477
Enlisted:	11 October 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
Born:	Loxton, South Australia, Australia, 10 January 1923
Home Town:	Sandergrove, Alexandrina, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, New Guinea, 10 October 1943, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery A B 9
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Alawoona & District WW2 Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Halidon East Murray District WW2 Honour Roll, Loxton Browns Well & District WW2 Pictorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

11 Oct 1941:	Involvement Private, S56477, General / Motor Transport Company/ies (WW2)
11 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Strathalbyn, SA
11 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S56477
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of John Herbert James Williams and Evelyn Maude Williams, of Caliph, South Australia.

JESU IN THY TENDER KEEPING LEAVE WE HERE A LOVED ONE SLEEPING

Mr. and Mrs. Williams, of Caliph, have been notified that their second son, Dvr. Alec Herbert Williams, lost his life in New Guinea as a result of enemy air operations on October 10. Born in 1923, Dvr. Williams assisted on his father's farm for about two years after leaving school. He later worked for Mr Jim Ellis of Mt. Compass for over a year. Immediately prior to joining the AMF in February, 1942, he was employed by Mr. J. Byrnes (storekeeper) of Finniss. He went to New Guinea in July as a transport driver, but was transferred to his platoon workshop about a week before his death.
Dvr. Williams was a keen cricketer and horseman. His elder brother Jim, has served in RAAF since February 1941.

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