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Evan Thomas WILLIAMS

Regimental number1394
Place of birthBallarat Victoria
ReligionProtestant
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMrs E Williams, Wolfram Lane, North Broken Hill, New South Wales
Enlistment date2 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 23 September 1919
Medals

Military Medal

'At BULLECOURT for gallantry and devotion to duty on April 11th 1917. He was one of a party that carried ammunition to the front line in broad daylight, through intense fire, on arriving in the trenches he immediately set about filling the Lewis Gun Magazines and collecting ammunition from casualties. he salved a Lewis Gun out of action, got it into good working order and did much execution on the enemy.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189
Date: 8 November 1917

Other detailsMedals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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