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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
Gosford City Council gratefully acknowledges the voluntary efforts of
Benalyn Campbell
And Vivienne Tranter
in compiling this resource
The information in this file has been extracted from official records
held in the
The Australian War Memorial and
National Archives of Australia
(© Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013)
Further information on this soldier may be found online at:
Commonwealth War Graves
The AIF project
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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
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893
Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1807893