Ernest James WILLIAMS

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WILLIAMS, Ernest James

Service Number:	139789
Enlisted:	8 February 1944
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 107 Squadron (RAAF)
Born:	Abermain, New South Wales, Australia, 19 December 1925
Home Town:	Broadmeadows, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer, B.H.P Newcastle
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), St Georges Basin, New South Wales, St Georges Basin, New South Wales, Australia, 14 December 1944, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	Nowra War Cemetery Grave B. B. 10,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

8 Feb 1944:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 139789, RAAF Ground Training Schools
14 Dec 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 139789, No. 107 Squadron (RAAF), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces, Accidentally killed Ground Accident

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Biography

"...139789 Leading Aircraftman Ernest James Williams, 107 Squadron RAAF, of Broadmeadow, NSW. Prior to enlistment in February 1944 LAC Williams was employed as a steel worker for BHP in Newcastle, NSW. He was killed in a ground accident at St Georges Basin, NSW, on 14 December 1944, at the age of 18. He is buried in Nowra War Cemetery, NSW." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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