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Joseph Ivan WILLIAMS

Regimental number7102
Date of birth11 January 1891
Place of birthMinlaton, South Australia
SchoolMinlaton Primary School and Adelaide School of Mines, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressMinlaton, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Joseph Williams, Minlaton, South Australia
Enlistment date2 September 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit name3rd Field Company Engineers, Reinforcement 16
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/22/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Makarini on 1 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Field Company Engineers
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 31448 (11 July 1919); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 124 (30 October 1919).

FateReturned to Australia 3 July 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal.

Prior to enlistment in World War I worked as a Blacksmith/Wheelwright in the family business of Jos. Williams, Minlaton, South Australia. Post World War II took up farming and grazing property at Owen in the mid north of South Australia, from which he retired in 1949

Served with the AMF (VDC) during WWII with the rank of Warrant Officer, Class 2. Service No. S 38294.
Date of death27 February 1979
Age at death88
Place of burialCentennial Park Crematorium, Goodwood Road, Pasadena, South Australia

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