WILLIAMSON, Noel Dequoy
| Service Number: | 33512 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 September 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Toorak, Victoria, Australia, 25 December 1883 |
| Home Town: | Berriwillock, Buloke, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Broncho Pneumonia, No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, Kent, England (Ward B. 27) , United Kingdom, 20 February 1918, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brookwood Military Cemetery, Pirbright, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Brookwood Military Cemetery (Plot XI, Row A, Grave No. 14), Surrey, England, England |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 33512, Field Artillery Brigades | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Gunner, 33512, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Gunner, 33512, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 16 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 30 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 5th Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 6 Nov 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 33512, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , 2nd Passchendaele , gas | |
| 20 Feb 1918: | Involvement Gunner, 33512, 5th Field Artillery Brigade , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 33512 awm_unit: 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-02-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Son of James and Mary Emma WILLIAMSON
NOEL DE QUOY WILLIAMSON who died on 20th February 1918 in England of bronchial pneumonia, the result of being gassed, was the youngest son of the late Mr. James Williamson. He was born in 1883 and was at the School in 1898 and 1899 and on leaving went in for a country life.
With his brother he owned Springfield Station, near Berriwillock, in the Mallee, and was there wheat farming when he enlisted in the artillery in 1916. He left Australia in April 1917 and was sent to France in August 1917 as a Gunner in the 5th Field Artillery Brigade. He was wounded in the leg by a shell and was badly affected by gas, which poisoned his wound. He was invalided to England in December 1917 suffering from trench fever and gas and was admitted to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital at Dartford, where he developed
broncho-pneumonia, from which he died and was buried in Brookwood Cemetery.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 20th February.... Noel Dequoy Williamson was born on 25th December, 1883 at Toorak, Melbourne, Victoria. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 22nd September, 1916 as a 29 year old Farmer (previously a Bank Clerk).
Gunner Noel Dequoy Williamson embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Shropshire (A9) on 11th May, 1917 with the Field Artillery Brigade, February, 1917 Reinforcements as Acting Sergeant – Voyage only & disembarked at Plymouth, England on 19th July, 1917 where he would receive further training before being sent to the War Front.
Gunner Williamson was posted to R.B.A.A. (Reserve Brigade Australian Artillery) at Larkhill, Wiltshire, England on 19th July, 1917. He reverted to rank of Gunner on 19th July, 1917 on marching in the R.B.A.A.
Gunner Williamson proceeded overseas to France on 11th September, 1917 & joined 2nd D.A.C. (Divisional Ammunition Column) on 16th September, 1917. He was transferred to 5th F.A. Bde (Field Artillery Brigade) on 30th September, 1917.
Gunner Williamson was wounded in action (Gas) in Belgium on 6th November, 1917. He was invalided to England on 18th November, 1917 on Hospital Ship Grantully Castle & was admitted 3rd Western General Hospital, Newport, England on 20th November, 1917 – gassed mustard. The Hospital Admissions form reports “Eyes better, still has cough….” He was transferred to 3rd Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, England on 19th December, 1917 with Typhoid & Broncho Pneumonia.
Gunner Williamson was reported to be dangerously ill & paralysed on 9th February, 1918. He was reported to be in a critical condition with Broncho Pneumonia (as dated London 12th February, 1918).
Gunner Noel Dequoy Williamson died at 6.10 am (as recorded on Medical Case Sheet, however the “Morning State of Sick” – Army form A 27 recorded the time of death as 6.15 am) on 20th February, 1918 at No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Dartford, Kent, England (Ward B. 27) from Broncho Pneumonia. He was buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery, Surrey, England where around 350 other WW1 Australian War Graves are located.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
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