Fallen ANZACs,
Territory ANZACs,
First World War, 1914-1918,
Place of birth
Melbourne (Vic.),
Place of enlistment
Brisbane (Qld.),
Date of enlistment
1916-05-30,
Age
35 years 11 months,
Occupation
Labourer,
Service
Australian Imperial Force,
Unit
52nd Battalion,
Rank
Private,
Service number
2999,
Next of kin
Harold Lowe - Friend ; Longreach, Qld.,
Date of death
1917-06-07,
Place of death
Messines (Belgium),
Memorial
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Belgium),
Darwin Cenotaph,
Biographical notes
William was born in June 1880 in Melbourne. He was thought to be a member of the V.A. Williams Survey Party in the Northern Territory.,
History
Williams previously served 14 months in the Boer War with the NSW Light Horse, A Battery. He enlisted in 52nd Battalion, 7th Reinforcement along with four other Darwin men: Alfred Clarence Ahern; George Ogilvy Cousins; Patrick Cross; James William Holmes. He embarked from Brisbane on board HMAT A74 'Marathon' on 27 October 1916. On 21 April 1917, he proceeded to Estaples to join his unit and was killed on 7 June 1917 at the Battle of Messines, France. He is not listed in the Nominal Roll for A Battery in "Official records of the Australian military contingents to the war in South Africa" compiled and edited for the Department of Defence by P.L. Murray.,
Subject
World War, 1914-1918,
Northern Territory,
Australia. Army. Australian and New Zealand Army Corps,
History,
ANZAC,
Related materials
No Roll of Honour circular or Red cross wounded and missing file at AWM.,
Related links
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=1813622&I=1&SE=1,
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067832/RCDIG1067832--319-.JPG,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1552325/,
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/69/,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26124585,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11020963,
http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=8308,
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1680939/,
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1602007/WILLIAMS,%20WILLIAM%20JOHN,
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/11020963 [Official records of the Australian military contingents to the war in South Africa compiled by Pembroke Lathrop Murray. Modbury, S.A. : Archive CD Books Australia Pty Ltd, 2005.],
http://www.ntlis.nt.gov.au/placenames/view.jsp?id=8308 [NT Place Names Register : Williams Road],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/26124585 [History of the 15th Battalion, Australian Imperial Force : war 1914-1918 by Thomas Percival Chataway and Paul Goldenstedt. Swanbourne, W.A. : John Burridge Military Antiques, 198-.],
http://static.awm.gov.au/images/collection/items/ACCNUM_LARGE/RCDIG1067832/RCDIG1067832--319-.JPG [Embarkation Roll - HMAT A74 'Marathon'],
http://www.awm.gov.au/collection/AWM4/23/69/ [Unit War Diary],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/nominal_rolls/first_world_war/page/R1552325/ [Nominal Roll],
http://naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=1813622&I=1&SE=1 [Service Record],
http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/38686275 [Darwin Returned Servicemens' League (RSL) : A Concise History of its Conception and Development by Clive Francis Geddes. Darwin : Clive Francis Geddes, 2011: p.62.],
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1680939/ [Roll of Honour],
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1602007/WILLIAMS,%20WILLIAM%20JOHN [Commonwealth War Graves - Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial - William John Williams],