WILLIAMS, George Frederick
| Service Number: | 532 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 December 1914, An original member of B Company |
| Last Rank: | Company Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 21 August 1877 |
| Home Town: | Canterbury, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | St Kilda State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Accountant |
| Died: | Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 23 August 1916, aged 39 years |
| Cemetery: |
Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers-la Boisselle Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 11. FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Camberwell War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, 532, 21st Infantry Battalion, An original member of B Company | |
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| 10 Apr 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
| 10 May 1915: | Involvement 532, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked 532, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 23 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 532, 21st Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
George was one of four brothers who served with the AIF during WW1. They were the sons of Emma Lee Williams, of Canterbury, Victoria, Australia, and the late George Abley Williams, who had passed away during 1915.
George’s younger brother, 7340 Pte. Francis James Williams 5th Battalion AIF, was killed in action in Belgium during the Battle of Broodseinde on 4 October 1917, aged 31.
George was an original member of the 21st Battalion, he was not a young man when he enlisted at 37 years, and he was quickly promoted to Company Quartermaster Sergeant.
He went with the 21st Battalion to Gallipoli aboard the ‘Southland’ which was torpedoed and sunk enroute. The unit eventually arrived on Gallipoli on 7 September 1915. George served until the evacuation.
George served on the Western Front until he was killed in action during the desperate fighting to capture Mouquet Farm. Evidence given in his Red Cross wounded and missing file suggest he was killed by shell concussion whilst slightly behind the lines. He was subsequently buried in the Gordon Dump Cemetery at Ovillers-La Boiselle near Pozieres.
His two other brothers who served with the AIF were returned to Australia in 1919.