WILLIAMS, Thomas Seth
Service Number: | Q35988 |
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Enlisted: | 22 June 1941, Yeppoon, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 42 Infantry Battalion AMF |
Born: | Gladstone, Queensland, 3 January 1918 |
Home Town: | Gladstone, Gladstone, Queensland |
Schooling: | Gladstone State School |
Occupation: | Waterside Worker |
Died: | Natural causes, Gladstone, Queensland, 14 October 1999, aged 81 years |
Cemetery: |
Port Curtis Garden Cemetery, Gladstone, Queensland Grave Location: O/4/25, Section O/Row 4/Position-Grave 25; buried next to his - Wife: Daisy Emily (nee Lewis) Williams. |
Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
22 Jun 1941: | Enlisted Private, Q35988, Yeppoon, Queensland | |
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16 Oct 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q35988, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
26 Aug 1943: | Discharged Corporal, Q35988, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
26 Aug 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, Q35988, 42 Infantry Battalion AMF |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daniel Bishop
Thomas Seth WILLIAMS "Tom" (1918-99, at Age: 81yrs); Date & Place of Birth: 3rd January 1918; Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
Eldest & older brother to - his siblings: Findlay(Finley)Alexander WILLIAMS (Q35917; 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion), "Gwen" Gwendolyn (nee-Williams)-Gebhard & Arnold Morris WILLIAMS.
Marriage: Daisy Emily LEWIS - 10th August 1940 - Presbyterian Church - Gladstone, Queensland, Australia (QLD Marriage; Reg No: 1940/ 3458 2117).
Uncle Tom & my Grandad Finley were brothers - servicemen who enlisted, and were apart of the Second World War - Australian Military Forces - Australian Army - 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion. Both sharp shooters, who frequented rifle ranges in the local east coast town of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia.
The "hometown" of the brothers. Uncle Tom & his wife - Aunty Daisy (sister to my "Nana" - Freda Williams) resided in "Gladstone, Queensland" all their life.
Uncle Tom was a real car enthusiast & loved classic cars, he-Uncle Tom & Aunty Daisy used travel on holiday down to "Redcliffe Peninsula" - Redcliffe, Queensland; by the water front - "Suttons Beach & Scarborough" to see Aunty Daisys' sister; Freda, my Nana. They often were the times of our family get togethers.
Military: Thomas Seth WILLIAMS; Australian Military Forces - Australian Army - WWII - 42nd Australian Infantry Battalion; Service No: Q35988; Service Record of Corporal: Thomas Seth WILLIAMS; Date & Place of Enlistment: 16th October 1941; Yeppoon, Queensland, Australia.
Chidren: Maurice & Sheryl WILLIAMS.
Death: 14th October 1999; Gladstone, Queensland, Austrlia; Burial: 15th October 1999; at Port Curtis Cemetery - Aerodrome Road - Clinton, Queensland, Australia; Husband & Wife buried together, # Informotion Referenced: "Gladstone Regional Council - Cemeteries"; Cemetery Administration - Ph: (07) 4977 6884.