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WILLIAMS, Arthur
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | QX45075, Q36385 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 42 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Mt Morgan, Queensland, Australia, 15 February 1918 |
| Home Town: | Malchi, Rockhampton, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Cancer, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 3 January 1997, aged 78 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rockhampton Crematorium, Qld |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, QX45075, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF, also Q36385 - FTD 22/12/1941 no pay 22/6/41-21/12/41 | |
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| 24 Mar 1941: | Involvement Corporal, Q36385, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF, FTD 22/12/1941 - also QX45075no pay 22/6/41-21/12/41 | |
| 24 Mar 1941: | Enlisted | |
| 21 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX45075, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 27 Aug 1943: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX45075, 42nd Infantry Battalion, New Guinea - Huon Peninsula / Markham and Ramu Valley /Finisterre Ranges Campaigns, Artillery shell splinter in spinal column. Removed from line to battalion first aid and returned to combat after 2 days | |
| 9 Nov 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX45075, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF |
Personal Stories
Wounded in Action
Received shrapnel from an Australian artillery shell which landed short of aimed target while D company where climbing steep slope of Charlies Hill during The Battle of The Ridges campaign south of Salamaua near the village of Kamiaturn.
The shrapnel entered his spinal column and it was concluded too dangerous to operate on for fear of further injury.
Was held off the line to two days to recover from the injury before being sent forward again.
Submitted 26 July 2021 by russell williams