Williams, Roy

Gosford District Casualties of World War One Bragg, Edmund Allen Williams, Roy Howard

Service Service Number Number 1494 1846 Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Killed in Action 10th June 1917 Gallipoli Peninsula 4th Australian Field Ambulance, Belgium

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 (ÂŠ Commonwealth of Australia [National Archives of Australia] 2013) Further information on this soldier may be found online at: Commonwealth War Graves The AIF project Content advisory: This file may potentially contain disturbing accounts of service-related injury and death, disease and family grief. Adult supervision is recommended for children using these resources. Individual files should be viewed within the context provided by wider research on service conditions in the 1 st AIF. This resource is presented by Gosford City Council for research purposes only. Please note that copyright for resources contained within remains with the original copyright owners.

NAME

Williams, Roy Howard

SERVICE NO

1846

UNIT

4th Battalion/4th Reinfs./45th Battalion

RANK

Sergeant

AGE at Enlistment

25 yrs 2 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH

Bungwahl (Seal Rocks)?

ADDRESS OCCUPATION

Bricklayer

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

12 Jan 1915

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT PREVIOUS SERVICE

Liverpool

NEXT OF KIN

Parents;- William Henry & Celia Sophie Williams, Norah Head, via Wyee/ Lighthouse Montague Island/

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height-5’8”. Weight-135lbs. Chest-33-36”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Fair. Tattoos on both forearms C/E

RELIGION

2 yrs Irish Rifles (resigned)

EMBARKED DISEMBARKED NOTES WOUNDED/ILLNESS

DIED

6 Aug 1915-Shrapnel Wound Head-Tel-el-Kebir/ 9 Feb 1916-Sick (Gonorrhoea) 47 days/ 21 Nov 1916 GSW Forehead- France 7 Jun 1917-Wounded 10 Jun 1917- 4th Aust Field Ambulance. Belgium

BURIED MEDALS

1914-15 Star-17729, British War Medal-9803, Victory Medal-9761. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-325994.

DEPENDANTS PERSONAL EFFECTS

Pocket wallet, photos, correspondence, note book/

WILL CORRESPONDENCE

Sister;-Mrs E Henderson (nee Williams), Wandilla, Milperra, via Bankstown/ Mr Jas. Thompson, Ocean Street, Dudley, Newcastle/ Public Trustee/

Gosford Times 24th September 1915 Private R. Williams, son of Mr W.H. Williams, of Norah head, has been wounded at the Dardanelles.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 1811436

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