BiographyHarold Williams enlisted on 16 February 1915 and was killed about 9 miles north of Beersheba, where the 2nd Light Horse and the Imperial Camel Corps were attacking a Turkish redoubt guarding a well.
He was manning his machine gun when he received a rifle bullet in the head and died instantly. He was buried where he fell.Age27Date of Death5 November 1917Civil employmentFarmerRelationshipsSon of William E and Martha Williams, of May Cottage, Dural.
Service Information
Service number973RankLance CorporalRegiment2nd Australian Light Horse Machine Gun SquadronPlace of enlistmentLiverpool, NSWPlace of embarkmentNewcastle, NSWDate of embarkment21 May 1915Place of deathPalestineMemorial/Cemetery Beersheba War CemeteryDural War MemorialKeywordsFirst World WarDuralWW1
Harold Edwin Williams. Hornsby Shire, accessed 19/03/2026, https://hornsbyshire.recollect.net.au/nodes/view/349
