Charles Edwin (Charlie) WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS, Charles Edwin

Service Number: 55
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
Born: Dookie, Victoria, Australia, 1879
Home Town: Violet Town, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling: Violet Town School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, Rensburg, South Africa, 12 February 1900
Cemetery: Woodstock Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Violet Town Boer War Memorial, Violet Town Uniting Church Private Charles E Williams Memorial Plaque
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 55, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
12 Feb 1900: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 55, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Charles Edwin WILLIAMS was born in Dookie, Victoria in 1879

His parents were Henry WILLIAMS & Frances MARSHALL

He died in Rensburg, South Africa on 12th February, 1900 and is buried in the Woodstock Cemetery in Cape Town, South Africa - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the War Memorial in Violet Town, Victoria