Regimental number | 3361 |
Place of birth | Albion, Brisbane, Queensland |
School | Bowen Bridge (now Windsor) and Brisbane Central, Queensland |
Other training | Optician |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Optician |
Address | White Horse Hotel, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Next of kin | Mrs E Haddock, Bridge Street, Albion, Brisbane, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 9th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/26/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 4th Machine Gun Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | He received congratulatory card on 23rd August, 1916 from Maj Gen Sir H.V. . Commander of 4th Div, for carrying wounded to dressing station under heavy shell fire on August 15th, 1916 near Pozieres, Somme, France. He was wounded in March, 1917 and admitted to Spalding Hall Hospital. Buried Cemetery, Corbie, Hendon, London, England |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Williams spelt William |
Place of death or wounding | Villers-Bretonneux, 1918, France |
Age at death from cemetery records | 32 |
Place of burial | Fouilloy Communal Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 5), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 176 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Richard and Emma HADDOCK, Bridge Street, Albion, Brisbane |