Albert Edward (Abbie) WILLIAMS

WILLIAMS, Albert Edward

Service Number: 1634
Enlisted: 13 August 1915, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron
Born: Jimboomba, Queensland, Australia, 6 April 1892
Home Town: Cedar Grove, Logan, Queensland
Schooling: Correspondence School
Occupation: Blacksmith
Died: Natural causes (heart attack), Ferny Grove, Queensland, Australia, 31 December 1954, aged 62 years
Cemetery: Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld
ANZAC-8-12-24
Memorials: Beaudesert War Memorial, Jimboomba District Roll of Honour, Woody Point Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

13 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1634, Brisbane, Queensland
30 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1634, 5th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
30 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1634, 5th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
17 Jan 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1634, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Machine Gun Squadron

Remembered at the Logan Village Museum

Albert is listed amongst the ANZACs of the Logan Village Area. He was born in Jimboomba which is within the research field.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Albert was the son of Harry Leichhardt Williams and Eliza Welch, a well-known Redcliffe family. Albert enlisted in August 1915. On his return home he married Violet Pretosia Flook in 1922 and set up in business in Redcliffe as a blacksmith.