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Thomas Joseph WILLIAMS

Regimental number1359
Place of birthCurrawong, New South Wales
SchoolThornford and Towrang Public Schools, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressOrange, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation41
Height5' 3"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinBrother, Jonathan Williams, Goulburn PO, Goulburn, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the 1st NSW Mounted Rifles, South Africa (Boer War; wounded in action, 1900); discharged at termination of war.
Enlistment date2 September 1915
Place of enlistmentHolsworthy, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/17/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A66 Uganda on 20 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal RollAustralian Army Veterinary Corps
FateReturned to Australia 12 April 1919
Date of death7 April 1920
Age at death from cemetery records46
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
8
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Garden of Remembrance, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Taken on strength, 12th Light Horse Regiment, Heliopolis, 15 March 1916.

Detached to Kasr-l-Nil, 26 April 1916; rejoined Regiment, 7 May 1916.

Found guilty, Dueidar, 29 July 1916, of insolence to an NCO: admonished.

Admitted to 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, Khan Yunus, 29 April 1917 (piles); discharged to unit, and rejoined, 3 May 1917.

Detached to Rest Camp, Port Said, 1 August 1917; rejoined Regiment at Belah, 11 August 1917.

Detached to 9th Mobile Veterinary Section, 3 September 1917.

On leave to Rest Camp, 14 February 1918.

Admitted to 14th Australian General Hospital, Port Said, 8 March 1918 (debility); transferred to Rest Camp, Port Said, 4 April 1918.

Found guilty, 18 April 1918, of drunkenness, 16 April 1918: forfeited 4 days' pay, and to return to unit.

Taken on strength, 4th Light Horse Training Regiment, Moascar, 19 April 1918.

Detached to Cookery School, 11 June 1918; marched in to 4th Light Horse Training Regiment from Cookery School, 27 June 1918.

Marched in to Rest Camp, Port Said, 13 August 1918; marched in to 4th Light Horse Training Regiment from Rest Camp, 1 September 1918.

Marched in to Rest Camp, Port Said, 5 October 1918; marched in to 4th Light Horse Training Regiment from Rest Camp, 24 October 1918.

Admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, Moasca, 26 October 1918 (pleurisy and bronchitis).

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Wandilla', 12 April 1919; arrived Melbourne, 18 May 1919, to disembark Sydney.

Admitted to 4th Australian General Hospital, Randwick.

Died (tuberculosis and exhaustion), 7 April 1920.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death7 April 1920
SourcesNAA: B2455, WILLIAMS Thomas Joseph

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