Arthur George Williams (1891 - abt. 1970)

Born 10 Jun 1891 in Coglin, South Australia, Australia

Ancestors

Husband of Catherine Christine (Haynes) Williams — married 3 Aug 1910 (to 1922) in Renmark, South Australia

Died about 1970 at about age 78 in Queensland, Australia [uncertain]

Biography

History of the Weidenhofer Families in Australia 1846 - 2004
Arthur George, the eldest of George and Louisa’s seven children was born in Petersburg, as Peterborough was then called, and was almost ten years old when the family moved to Renmark on the River Murray.
In 1910, at the age of twenty three, he married Catherine Christine Haynes at “Nelbuck Estate” in Renmark. His brother, Henry, was a witness at the wedding. Catherine was born in Wentworth, New South Wales, a town on the junction of the Murray and Darling Rivers. At the time of her marriage Catherine was living in Renmark on the River Murray.
The next record we have is a 1910 newspaper report of the young couple’s attendance at the wedding of Anna Peperkorn, Arthur’s cousin.
The following year, in October, a son, George Walter was born and, presumably, named after his paternal grandfather.
Arthur had always been a keen rifle shooter and for eight years had belonged to the Renmark Rifle Club, so it is not surprising that he should join the 27th Battalion Rifles of the A.I.F. when he enlisted in August 1915.
Arthur and his brother Ern travelled together to Adelaide to join on the same day. The enlistment papers describe his appearance as: - 6’ tall, 158 lbs., fresh complexion, blue eyes, dark brown hair and “of very healthy appearance”. Arthur and Ern sailed to Egypt where both were transferred to the 10th Battalion before sailing on to France. Here the brothers were parted when Ern was again transferred.
After serving three months in France, Arthur was seriously wounded in the left forearm and was invalided back to England to spend several months in hospital.When he became convalescent, he was for a time employed sorting letters in Weymouth before being returned to Australia on the “Benella’ and was finally discharged in June 1917 as medically unfit.
The discharge papers declared him ‘of good character’. Arthur returned to his wife and child in Renmark where he was able to continue his war effort as much needed man-power on the fruit blocks.
Very little of his movements can be traced after the war. He moved from Remark and family members say the family lost touch with him altogether.
In 1942, when his father died, it is mentioned that he was living in Queensland.
History of the Weidenhofer Families in Australia 1846 - 2004. Written by Wyn Allen (née Weidenhofer) 2004 ©.
Reproduced with permission of Stewart Allen, Barry Malcolm and Carlien Melrose.

George and Catherine divorced in 1922. Click on this link for the newspaper transcripts of the proceedings. https://www.wikitree.com/photo.php/a/a4/Williams-32923.pdf  

Sources

• Information taken from the Weidenhofer Database compiled from family input and research for the book “A History of the Weidenhofer Families in Australia 1846 – 2004© ”.
  
• Reproduced with permission of Stewart Allen, Barry Malcolm and Carlien Melrose.
  

South Australian Genealogy Index of Birth, Death and Marriage.
Birth
Date: 1891 - Name: WILLIAMS Arthur George - Father: George Charles WILLIAMS - Mother: Louise Sophie WEHR - District: Frome - Registration No.: 479/195.
Marriage
Date: 1910 - Registration No.: 244/290 - Name: WILLIAMS Arthur George - Spouse: HAYNES Catherine Christina - District: Burra
Link to Index
South Australian Genealogy Index of Birth, Death and Marriage.
https://www.genealogysa.org.au/resources/online-databases.html

Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922
Name: Arthur George Williams
Birth Date: 10 Jun 1891
Birth Place: Coglin
Registration Place: Frome, South Australia, Australia
Father: George Charles Williams
Mother: Louise Sophie Wehr
Page number: 195
Volume Number: 479
Household Members: Name Age
George Charles Williams
Louise Sophie Wehr
Arthur George Williams
Source Information:
Ancestry.com. Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
Original Data: Compiled from publicly available sources.
Description:
Vital records—records of births, marriage, and death—are the basic building blocks of family history research, and this database features some of the most comprehensive indexes available of historical Australian birth records. These indexes were created by Australian registrar's offices after civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths became law in the mid-19th century.

Australian War Memorial
First World War Embarkation Rolls: Arthur George Williams
Service Number: 3631
Rank: Private
Roll title: 27 Infantry Battalion - 1 to 8 Reinforcements (May 1915 - January 1916) Conflict / Operation: First World War, 1914-1918
Date of embarkation: 12 January 1916
Place of embarkation: Adelaide
Ship embarked on: HMAT Borda A30
Link to web site
https://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1925594/

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