Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War II (1939-1945)
- Date of Enlistment
- 15/12/1943
- Place of Enlistment
- Duntroon ACT
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 15/05/1924
- Place of Birth
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Address (at enlistment)
- Royal Military College, Duntroon ACT
- Occupation
- Soldier
- Next of Kin
- Son of Charles and Minnie Williamson of Surry Hills, Victoria
- Burial Place
Buried in grave B.C.10 at Labuan War Cemetery
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- VX146389
- Final Rank
- Lieutenant
- Final Unit
- 2/32 Battalion
Fate
Died 3 July 1945, Brunei aged 21 years
Commemoration
AWM Roll of Honour Memorial Panel 60, Canberra ACT, Malaysia
Awards and Honours
Mentioned in Despatches "for exceptional service in the field S.W.P. area". Promulgated Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 6 March 1947
Notes
Williamson entered RMC on 28 February 1942 and graduated on 14 December 1943. He enlisted the following day as a Lieutenant with the 2/32 Infantry Battalion and was killed in action in Brunei on 3 July 1945. Williamson was buried in grave B.C.10 in Labuan War Cemetery, Borneo, Malaysia.
Sources
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
AWM Roll of Honour Database
Colonel J.E. Lee, 'Duntroon: The Royal Military College of Australia 1911-1946', 1952
Commonwealth War Graves Commission http://www.cwgc.org/debt_of_honour.asp?