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WILLIAMS, Edward
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2944 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Tantawangalo, New South Wales, Australia, 29 September 1868 |
| Home Town: | Bega, Bega Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner - Kalgoolie, Western Australia |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France , 31 August 1916, aged 47 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kalgoorlie Caledonian Society Roll of Honor, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2944, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2944, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Hororata, Fremantle |
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