WILLIAMS, Thomas Hastings
| Service Number: | 408 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
| Born: | Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia, 1866 |
| Home Town: | Jerseyville, Kempsey, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Accidental Drowning, Clybucca Creek- Kempsey, New South Wales, Australia, 28 February 1953 |
| Cemetery: |
Frederickton Cemetery, Kempsey Shire, New South Wales, Australia |
| Memorials: |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 408 | |
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| 4 Apr 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 408, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 506 notes 6th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 4 Apr 1901 aboard Victoria arriving Cape Town 2 May 1901. | |
| 23 Jun 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 408, 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 508 notes 6th QIB embarked at Durban 17 May 1902 aboard Devon returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 17 Jun 1902, disbanded 23 Jun 1902. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
When Thomas Hastings Williams enlisted in 1901 in the 6th QIB and his details were published with the rank and file in The Queenslander, 13 Apr 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as D. Williams, Jerseyville, Macleay River, New South Wales. In the original nominal roll for the 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent, held by National Archives, his N.O.K. is recorded as being his father.
Thomas Hasting Williams was born in 1866 at Port Macquarie, NSW, a son to Daniel and Mary Williams. A newspaper article appearing in the Macleay Argus, 6 Mar 1953, reported his accidental drowning at the age of 86 in Clybucca Creek, Macleay River, Kempsey, NSW on or about 28 Feb 1953. The article reported he was a veteran of the Anglo-Zulu war in South Africa, The Boer war in South Africa and WW1 AIF, however, records could only be found for his Boer war service.
At the age of 86 he was living alone at a place called Rainbow Reach on Clybucca Creek on which he opperated a ferry up until 3 months before his passing. It was surmised he was walking the track along the creek to Jerseyville when he slipped and fell into the creek.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 517; National Archives Australia- B 5172 Nominal Roll of 6th Queensland Imperial Bushmen Contingent Queensland Defence Force for service in South Africa, p. 6; Old Soldier Passes Drowned in Creek- Mecleay Argus, 6 Mar 1953, p. 1).
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