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WILLIAMS, Charles Edwin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 55 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles |
| Born: | Dookie, Victoria, Australia, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Violet Town, Strathbogie, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Violet Town School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Rensburg, South Africa, 12 February 1900 |
| Cemetery: |
Woodstock Cemetery, Cape Town, South Africa |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Boer War Memorial (Queen Victoria Square), Violet Town Boer War Memorial, Violet Town Uniting Church Private Charles E Williams Memorial Plaque |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 55, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
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| 12 Feb 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 55, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Charles Edwin WILLIAMS was born in Dookie, Victoria in 1879
His parents were Henry WILLIAMS & Frances MARSHALL
He died in Rensburg, South Africa on 12th February, 1900 and is buried in the Woodstock Cemetery in Cape Town, South Africa - his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and the War Memorial in Violet Town, Victoria
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