WILLIAMS, Clyde Barrington
| Service Number: | 6631 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 July 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Dubbo, New South Wales, Australia , 1893 |
| Home Town: | Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 30 September 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Ste. Emilie Valley Cemetery, Villers-Faucon Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 4. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jul 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6631, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 6631, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Feb 1917: | Embarked Private, 6631, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 28 Jan 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Sep 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
The son of Henry Eli and Susan Agnes Williams of Dubbo, New South Wales.
The Dubbo Dispatch reported in October 1918, “Gunner Williams, who was only 25 years old when he met his death, enlisted for active service over two years ago. He was a fine stamp of Australian, and an athlete who had had few equals in his regiment. He was a prominent figure in the amateur boxing ring, and a broken hand which he sustained in the final of the championship of his battalion (the 10th) kept him out of the firing line for some time after his arrival in England. Entering the trenches in France towards the close of last year he fought through several battles till he was gassed early in the present year. After remaining in hospital for several weeks, he returned to France, and about a month ago his brother Harry received a letter stating that Clyde was enjoying six weeks' furlough in England. On Wednesday Rev. Dr. Brophy received a cable that Gunner Williams had succumbed to wounds received in the present Allied offensive. Gnr. Williams was a popular young man.”
Sometime in 1923 Gunner Williams remains were found in France (identified by the presence of his identity disc) and he was reinterred in the Ste Emilie Valley Cemetery, Villers-Faucon, Roisel, France.