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Richard Gilbert  Williams

Name on Board RG Williams
Name on Service
Records
Richard Gilbert   Williams
Enlistment Age 24
Occupation Dairyman
Place of Birth Williamstown, Vic
Next of Kin Richard Williams
Address 63 John Street, North Williamstown, Vic
Marital Status Widower
Enlistment Date 6/07/1915
Service No. 1841
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 29/10/1915
Embarkation Ship HMAT Demosthenes A64
Unit on Embarkation 29th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 5/04/1918
Unit on Death 46th Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Private
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
France
Cemetery or Memorial Millencourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Picardie, France
Additional Information As Richard (Bert) Williams was a widower, his daughter Dorothy Letitia (Dorrie) was being cared for by his mother-in-law, Letitia Knight, 266 Nelson Place, Williamstown, Vic.  
Additional References Williamstown Chronicle, 5 April 1924, p2
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