Lawrence Frederick Williams

1910 - 1973  (62 years)

• Name	Lawrence Frederick Williams
  Birth	11 Mar 1910	Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1931	157 Roslyn Rd, Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (now No. 49, corner Evans St)
  Residence	1934	157 Roslyn Rd, Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia (now No. 49, corner Evans St)
  Residence	1936	Powell St, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
  Residence	1938	9 Helen St, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
  Residence	1939	Elizabeth St, Mount Gambier, South Australia, Australia
  Residence	Feb 1941	Crib Point, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	Jun 1941	Gabo Island, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1948	6 Warra St, Toorak, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1949	103 Britannia St, West Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1949	West Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1950	103 Britannia St, West Geelong, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1952	6 Warra St, Toorak, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1954	6 Warra St, Toorak, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1963	6 Warra St, Toorak, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	1968	17 Bruarong Crs, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
  Residence	26 Feb 1973	17 Bruarong Crs, Frankston, Victoria, Australia
  Death	26 Feb 1973	Prince Henry Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
  Burial	28 Feb 1973	Springvale Crematorium, Springvale, Victoria, Australia
  Person ID	I39	FHC006 - White Tree
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Alfred Percy Williams,   b. 20 Oct 1875, Belmont, Geelong, Victoria, Australia d. 19 Apr 1950, Windermere Private Hospital, Armadale, Victoria, Australia (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Edith Grace Bedggood,   b. 11 May 1875, Charnwood Rd, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia d. 1 Oct 1970, East Malvern, Victoria, Australia (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	28 Oct 1903	Belmont Methodist Church, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
  Family ID	F638	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Alice Floris McCombe,   b. 6 Jul 1914, Casterton, Victoria, Australia d. 23 Apr 1941, Perrott St, Crib Point, Victoria, Australia (Age 26 years)
  Marriage	3 Dec 1938	Methodist Church, Portland, Victoria, Australia
  Family ID	F939	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Dorothy Paynter,   b. 1 Nov 1912, 39 Church St, Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia d. 24 Aug 1993, Maroondah Hospital, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	9 Jan 1943	Toorak Presbyterian Church, Toorak, Victoria, Australia
  Children	1. Lesley Gail Williams
  Family ID	F744	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Aug 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Event Memos from GEDCOM Import... Note When I lived with the Williams family, 1928-1932, Laurie was home at that time. He had a great mate Clive Drew and often they would both go outshooting rabbits on a Saturday afternoon. It was the start of the Depression and anything extra in the food line was most acceptable. here wasalways a gun in the house. Laurie served in the Royal Australian Navy from September 1940 to April 1946 [his own dates]. Lauire passed the exam to become a S.B.A (Sick Birth Attendant). He was still stationed at Lonsdale Laurie became a S.B.A. on the Doomba Laurie was granted a first class Good Conduct Badge Laurie was given a rating of L/SBA on the Goulburn (Leading Sick Berth Attendant). The Goulburn escorted a slow convoy of seven ships to Hong Kong, sailing on 30th August along with Bendigo and Whyalla. Some weeks were spentclearing the China waters, and on 16th November, with eight sister ships, she sailed back to Sydney Laurie was back at Lonsdale (Port Melbourne) until 23rd November 1942 Lauire was at HMAS Cerberus (Crib Point) until 23rd June 1941 Laurie was transferred to the Doomba, a minesweeper. He left the ship on 7th December 1943 Laurie was back at Lonsdale (Port Melbourne) until 13th January 1945. He then spent a short time, from 26th January 1945 on the Goulburn, acorvette. He was then on the Wagga, another corvette, from 4th February 1945 The Wagga steamed into Hong Kong Harbour with the British Squadron. After the various surrender signings, Wagga remained with the flotilla ofcorvettes to help clear the harbour approaches of mines, and to help discourage piracy. On the 11th October, she sailed south to Sydney and then onto Melbourne, arriving on 7th November 1945. Laurie was posted to the Wagga, a corvette. On the 3rd February 1945, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser arrived to inspect the newly formed RAN corvette flotilla (in Melbourne?) to operate under hiscommand [Dad's photos]. On the 6th May 1945, the Wagga, along with Kapunda and Barcoo, concentrated bombardment on Japanese positions at Bunabun Harbour, Neptune Point andUlyan Harbour in the New Guinea region. She also visited Darwin and was there when news of the Japanese surrender was received. Early in World War Two a requirement existed for a medium-sized vessel capable of minesweeping and escort duties. This was met by the introductionof the Australian Minesweeping Ship (AMS) or as it was popularly known in the RAN, the corvette. They proved to be very versatile ships and in addition to minesweeping, patrol and escort duties, they were employed on a variety of tasks includingferrying troops and supplies, participation in bombardments, assault landings and surveying. Manned largely by Reserve personnel, they served in the South-West Pacific Area, Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean. They served inminesweeping with the British Pacific Fleet upon its return to Hong Kong in August 1945. Medical: The medical component of corvettes consisted of one SBA whose sick bay usually comprised of a four-drawer filing cabinet situated on the mess deck.He was responsible for the medical care of a crew of between 60 and 80 personnel. One Medical Officer was usually posted to each Mine SweepingFlotilla. The SBA had a great responsibility in the organisation and efficient maintenance of the Medical Department and the care of the sick and wounded. Inmost corvettes the SBA usually carried out additional duties such as Captain's Writer and was the postman and kept a watch as a lookout. Ventilation was needed to provide fresh air, adequate in quality and temperature for the life and health of the inhabitants of compartments and messdecks. Fresh air was supplied through special apertures, then extracted by an exhaust system. Overall this system proved to be inadeqaute for theseships, particularly when operating ubnder tropical conditions and especially after "darken ship" and the accumulating foul air soon made lifeunbearable. It was little ownder that the crew suffered from upper respiratory tract infections and other illnesses. "Constant Care: the Royal Australian Navy Health Services, 1915-2003" by J.C.Jeppensen. Laurie was posted to HMAS Goulburn HMAS Goulburn 1944-45. "Constant Care"