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Thomas Edward WILLIAMS

Regimental number4615
Place of birthBulla, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressGovernor Arthur Hotel, Little Bourke Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 9"
Weight186 lbs
Next of kinFather, Mr W Williams, 87 Buckley Street, Footscray, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll15 October 1915
Place of enlistmentBallarat, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 28 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll58th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 14), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 28 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 28 February 1916.

Taken on strength of 58th Bn from 2nd Training Bn, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 1 September 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on B.103, 'Buried in vicinity of Fleurbaix'.

Statement, Red Cross File No 2961001, 3176 Pte B. McLAREN, 58th Bn, 8 August 1917: 'T.E. Williams was shot through the head while trying to get a wounded man from No Man's Land.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, WILLIAMS Thomas Edward
Red Cross file 2961001

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