WILLIAMS, Michael Wright
| Service Number: | 2305 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 October 1912 |
| Last Rank: | Stoker |
| Last Unit: | HMAS AE2 (Submarine) |
| Born: | Dunkeld near Hamilton, Vic., 1 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Malaria/Dysentry whilst POW, Botzanti Hospital, Turkey, Bozanti POW Camp, Turkey, 29 September 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery Bozanti Memorial 195, Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Baghdad, Iraq |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 2), Teneriffe Submariners Walk |
World War 2 Service
| 7 Oct 1912: | Enlisted 2305 |
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World War 1 Service
| Date unknown: | Involvement Stoker, 2305, HMAS AE2 (Submarine) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Margaret WILLIAMS
Of Hamilton, Vic.
Enlisted in RAN 07 October 1912
Served on Submarine 01 January 1915 - 30 June 1915
He was at first at Afion Kara Hissar and was later sent to Belemedik.
Michael arrived at Belemedik from Affion Rara Hissa with 35 others on 16th January 1916 for work in the 1st Divisional Bagdad Railway Construction Works. In September he was discharged from 1st Division and sent to Pozanti to work under the German Commandant.
He did attempt an escape with Signalman Thomson but returned after a few days. He was seriously injured in a rock fall whilst working at a railway camp and he is reported to have died in somewhat mysterious circumstances.
Williams was placed in hospital at Pozanti suffering from Malaria, with fever and dysentery the result of ill-feeding and neglect - no trace of his body was found dying whilst Prisoner of War in Turkey 29 September 1916 at Bozanti Hospital and is commemorated Baghdad North Gate War Cemetery Bozanti Mem. 195
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