WILLIAMS, Findlay Alexander
| Service Number: | Q35917 (412608) |
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| Enlisted: | 25 January 1939, Yeppoon, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 42 Infantry Battalion AMF |
| Born: | Gladstone, Queensland, Australia, 18 August 1919 |
| Home Town: | Redcliffe, Moreton Bay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Gladstone State School |
| Occupation: | Greenkeeper/Compositor |
| Died: | Natural causes (Diabetes/Epilepsy), General Repatriation Hospital - Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia, 1 April 1981, aged 61 years |
| Cemetery: |
Redcliffe Cemetery, Qld [F.A. WILLIAMS] Findlay Alexander WILLIAMS; S-NO: Q35917; Corporal; 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion. [F.A. WILLIAMS, Finlay Alexander WILLIAMS] as per filed by Cemeteries - Moretion Bay Region Cemeteries Database; Location: 104/R/6, Lawn-Section 104/Row R/Plot 6. |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 25 Jan 1939: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q35917 (412608), 42 Infantry Battalion AMF, (NAA) Service Record | |
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| 25 Jan 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, Q35917 (412608), 42 Infantry Battalion AMF, Yeppoon, Queensland | |
| 2 Jul 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q35917 (412608), 42 Infantry Battalion AMF, *CHECK* (NAA) Service Record. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Born: Finley Alexander WILLIAMS
(QLD Birth Reg No: 1919/ 9070) August 18th, 1919; Auckland St - Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
Parents - Father: Thomas Bartlett WILLIAMS; Mother (Maiden): Mary Jessie (nee-MacRae) WILLIAMS (QLD Birth Reg No: 1895/ 10561, Rockhampton, Qld; QLD Death Reg No: 1969/ 4609 4101, Gladstone, Qld).
Siblings: Tom-Thomas Seth, *Finley*, Gwen-Gwendolyn (nee-Williams) Gebhard & Arnold Morris Williams.
Marriage: (QLD Marriage Reg No: 1946/ 5004 2524) Freda LEWIS - November 25th, 1946; St Andrews' Church - Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
Children: Frances Margaret & Kay Williams.
{Reference to names stated in 'Nicknames' - previously given: Fin / Finley / Findlay / Finlay}
Finley is stated on his Queensland Birth & Marriage Certificates (QLD Birth Reg No: 1919/ 9070; & QLD Marriage Reg No: 1946/ 5004 2524).
Findlay is stated as per filed by these organisations: National Archives of Australia / Depatment of Veterans' Affairs - DVA Nominal Roll / Australian Army.
Finlay is stated on his Queensland Death Certificate (QLD Death Reg No: 1981/ 2408); and filed as this in the Queensland Government - Website: Cemeteries - Moreton Bay Regional Council - "Moreton Bay Region Cemeteries Database".
Death: Finlay Alexander WILLIAMS (QLD Death Reg No: 1981/ 2408) April 1st, 1981; Greenslopes General Repatriation Hospital (NOW - Greenslopes Private Hospital) - Greenslopes, Queensland, Australia.
Burial: Finlay Alexander WILLIAMS - April 6th, 1981; Redcliffe Cemetery - Kippa-Ring, "Redcliffe Peninsula", Qld, Australia.
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