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Joseph WILLIAMS

Regimental number331
Place of birthFlintshire, Wales
Place of birthFlintshire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFitter
Address19 Hamilton Road, Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinWife, Mrs Margaret Williams, 19 Hamilton Road, Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales
Enlistment date10 May 1916
Place of enlistmentNewcastle, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameMachine Gun Company 9, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number24/14/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A73 Commonwealth on 19 September 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll331A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Machine Gun Company
FateDied of wounds 7 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records42
Place of burialBirr Cross Roads Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. 4), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
179
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward WILLIAMS and Elizabeth JONES; Wife: Margaret WILLIAMS
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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