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Albert Reece WILLIAMS

Regimental number57965
Place of birthSydney, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationJournalist
AddressAnn Street, Brisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Height5' 9.5"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinBrother, J A Williams, Guildford, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the Australian Army Medical Corps; time expired.
Enlistment date19 April 1918
Place of enlistmentBrisbane, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameQueensland Reinforcement 5
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/111/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 July 1918
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 25 September 1919
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Reece spelt Rees
Discharge date11 December 1919
Other details

War service: embarked Sydney, 17 July 1918; disembarked London, 27 September 1918, and marched in to 5th Training Bn, Fovant.

Admitted to Fovant Military Hospital, 19 October 1918 (influenza); marched in to 5th Training Bn from hospital, 19 November 1918. Appointed Acting Lance Corporal, 3 October 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 22 January 1919; marched in to Australian Staging Camp, Abancourt, 25 January 1919. Taken on strength, 9th Bn, 28 January 1919.

Attached to Graves Registration Detachment, 24 March 1919.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 24 May 1919.

Detached to 9th Bn from Graves Registration Detachment.

Marched out to England for return to Australia, 15 August 1919.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Port Denison', 25 September 1919; disembarked Sydney, 18 November 1919; discharged, Brisbane, 11 December 1919.

Medal: British War Medal

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