Harold William WILLIAMSON

WILLIAMSON, Harold William

Service Number: 1840
Enlisted: 6 November 1915
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 110th Australian (Howitzer) Battery
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1885
Home Town: Yerra, Fraser Coast, Queensland
Schooling: St Andrews Cathedral School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 14 June 1917
Cemetery: Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mungar Yerra Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

6 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1840, 41st Infantry Battalion
16 Aug 1916: Involvement Private, 1840, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1916: Embarked Private, 1840, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane
14 Jun 1917: Involvement Driver, 1840, 110th Australian (Howitzer) Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1840 awm_unit: 110th Australian (Howitzer) Battery awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1917-06-14

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

His brother 19153 Driver George Nixon Williamson also of the 110th Howitzer Bty. 10th Bde. Australian Field Artillery was killed in action on the same day serving in the same unit when an enemy shell hit the ammunition dump they were working on, 14 June, 1917. 

Both are buried side by side in the Kandahar Farm Cemetery, Belgium. They were the sons of Henry Trussler Williamson and Emily Williamson. Harold's place of association was given as Yerra, Queensland on the ROH by his brother in law.

A third served, 1168 Private Herbert Hamilton Williamson 30th Battalion AIF returned to Australia 4 May 1917 with for change with chronic rheumatism.

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