Williams, Harold Edwin

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Williams, Harold Edwin Service Number 973

Killed in Action 5th November 1917 Palestine, Turkey

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NAME Williams, Harold Edwin

SERVICE NO 973

UNIT 7th Light Horse/5

th Reinf./ 2

nd Aust. Machine Gun Squadron

RANK Lance Corporal 21 Aug 1917

AGE at Enlistment 24 yrs 6 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Castle Hill

ADDRESS Kulnura, via Wyong

OCCUPATION Farmer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 16 Feb 1915

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Liverpool

PREVIOUS SERVICE -

NEXT OF KIN Father;- W E Williams, Dural via Parramatta (died May 1919) Mother;- Martha Williams, as above. Brother ;-Victor Thomas Williams

Brother-in-Law;- Albert Moore

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’3½”. Weight-126lbs. Chest-32-34”. Complexion-Dark. Eyes-Grey. Hair-Dark.

RELIGION C/E

EMBARKED 21 May 1915 Sydney A58 “Kabinga”.

DISEMBARKED

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

DIED 5 Nov 1917-Palestine, Turkey, Asia-Bullet through the head, Killed instantly.

BURIED 6 Nov 1917-Buried with 4 others at a point approx.. 1000yds SE of Tel Khu-weilfeh Redoubt. Gve surrounded with stones. A cross of stones in centre, names written on tin lining of MGAmm: Box & placed face down. Re-interred Beersheba Military Cem., Palestine

MEDALS 1914-15 Star-23893, British War Medal-12624, Victory Medal-12566. Memo-rial Plaque & Scroll-338425.

DEPENDANTS Mother;- Martha Williams

PERSONAL EFFECTS 1 Packet cont;-2 id discs, 1 leather pouch containing photos, note book, prayer book, 1 wrist watch, 1 pocket knife, 1 letter/ 1 Packet cont;-1 hat, 1 flask, 1 leather pouch, 1 piece tri-colour ribbon, 1 housewife, cards, cigarette lighter, 2 mufflers, 7 pr socks, 1 balaclava cap, 16 hank’fs, 1 fly veil, 2 military books, 1 shaving brush, 1 collar, correspondence, 1 tin “Fly killer”./

WILL Beneficiary;- Martha Williams (Mother)

CORRESPONDENCE Mother;-Mather Williams/ Bowden & Bowden Solicitors George St., Parramatta/ Sister;- Annie Isabel Williams, 18 Cecil St., Ashfield

Returned Sailors & Soldiers Imperial League of Aust./ Kings School Old Boys Union/

REMARKS

RED CROSS REPORT “Williams was thought a lot of by his mates & took part in all their sports”./ “He was a very popular little chap, very well liked”.

Gosford Times 26

th February 1915

KULNURA (From Our Correspondent) Mr H.E. Williams, of Ferndale, has volunteered for active service, and was accepted last week. He has gone to Liverpool, and will train for an infantry regiment. All the Mountain folk are proud to have a repre-sentative going to the front, and we all wish him every success and trust to welcome him on his return.

Gosford Times 29

th November 1917

Trooper Harold Williams, brother of V.T. Williams, of Kulnura, was killed in Palestine on 5

th November while

in action.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893





























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