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WILLIAMS, Robert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX18439 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1941, Enlisted at Toowoomba, Queensland, aged 24 years and 6 months. Next of Kin (Father) Ernest Henry Williams, Roma, Queensland. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia, 16 December 1916 |
| Home Town: | Manly, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Greenslopes Private Hospital, Queensland, Australia, 1 May 1996, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 2 Service
| 16 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX18439, Enlisted at Toowoomba, Queensland, aged 24 years and 6 months. Next of Kin (Father) Ernest Henry Williams, Roma, Queensland. | |
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| 11 Feb 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX18439, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion, Embarked the Middle East for Bombay on the transport ship "Nieuw Amsterdam". | |
| 23 Mar 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX18439, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Bombay on the transport ship "Dilwara" on for movement to South Australia (4th Military District), disembarking 29 March 1942. | |
| 10 Aug 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX18439, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion, Embarked from Brisbane on "Anshun" for movement to Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea. Disembarked on 17 August 1942. | |
| 25 Aug 1942: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX18439, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion, Milne Bay - Papua WW2, During the Battle of Milne Bay, the 2/12th Battalion took part in the counterattack that halted the Japanese advance and contributed to the first decisive land defeat of Japanese forces in the war. | |
| 26 Dec 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX18439, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion, Evacuated with malaria on hospital ship "Dunstoon" to Australia, disembarking on 29 December 1942. | |
| 3 Jul 1944: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, QX18439, 2nd/12th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at Redbank, Queensland. |
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