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Henry Williams

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Williams AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 5514 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Reefton, West Coast Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M Williams, Edward Street, Kurri Kurri, New South Wales AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 25 September 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 5514 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 4" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      125 lb AWMM
    • 5 November 1916 AWMMKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • War service: joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli), 18 November 1915.
    Admitted to 4th Auxiliary Hospital, Egypt, 18 November 1915 (sore throat, coughing); rejoined unit from Suez Road camp, 9 December 1915.
    Appointed Trumpeter, Tel el Kebir, 16 February 1916.
    Transferred to 2nd Battery, 17 February 1916.
    Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 21 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 March 1916.
    Wounded in action, 5 June 1916 (contusion and flesh wound, scalp), and admitted to 3rd Field Ambulance; transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 7 June 1916; discharged to duty, 11 June 1916.
    Killed in action, 5 November 1916. AWMM
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    5 November 1916 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Flers, France Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    No known grave AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    VILLERS AWMM

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