Charles Gordon WILLIAMS

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WILLIAMS, Charles Gordon

Service Numbers:	78, 90
Enlisted:	21 September 1914
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Bradford, England, United Kingdom, 31 January 1872
Home Town:	Aramac, Barcaldine, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wool classer
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 78, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Mar 1900:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 78, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 463 notes 3rd QMI embarked 1 Mar 1900 aboard Duke of Portland arriving Cape Town 2 Apr 1900.
21 Jun 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 78, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 465 notes 3rd QMI embarked 9 May 1901 at Cape Town returning to Australia aboard Morayshire arriving Sydney 7 Jun 1901 (rail to Brisbane), disbanded 21 Jun 1901.

World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 90, 5th Light Horse Regiment
21 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 90, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Persic, Sydney
21 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 90, 5th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''

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Birth registration Details

Name: Charles Gordon Williams
Registration Date: 1872
Quarter of the Year: Jan-Feb-Mar
Registration Place: Bradford, Yorkshire West Riding, England
Parishes for this Registration District: View Ecclesiastical Parishes associated with this Registration District
Volume: 9b
Page: 153

Baptism Detail Source
Name: Charles Gordon Williams
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 10 Feb 1872
Baptism Place: Horton, All Saints, Yorkshire, England
Parish as it Appears: Horton, All Saints
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Father: Horace Fuller Williams
Mother: Mary Eleanor Williams

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