William Francis Williams 1892

William Francis WilliamsAge: 661892–1958

Name: William Francis Williams

Given names: William Francis

Surname: Williams

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Birth	1892 18 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia
Australian History	1892 Note: Gold is discovered at Coolgardie, Western Australia.
Australian History	1893 (Age 12 months) Note: The Corowa Conference (the 'people's convention') calls on the colonial parliaments to pass enabling acts, allowing the election of delegates to a new constitutional convention aimed at drafting a proposal and putting it to a referendum in each colony.
Birth of a brother	1894 (Age 2) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia younger brother - Edward Williams
Australian History	1894 (Age 2) Note: South Australia becomes the first Australian colony, and the second place in the world, to grant women the right to vote, as well the first Parliament in the world to allow women to stand for office.
Birth of a brother	1895 (Age 3) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia younger brother - Samuel Williams
Australian History	1895 (Age 3) Note: The premiers, except for those of Queensland and Western Australia, agree to implement the Corowa proposals. Note: Waltzing Matilda is first sung in public, in Winton, Queensland Note: Banjo Paterson publishes The Man from Snowy River
Australian History	1896 (Age 4) Note: The Bathurst Conference (the second 'people's convention') meets to discuss the 1891 draft constitution
Australian History	1897 (Age 5) Note: In two sessions, the Second National Australasian Convention meets (with representatives from all colonies except Queensland present). They agree to adopt a constitution based on the 1891 draft, and then revise and amend it later that year. Note: Catherine Helen Spence became the first female political candidate for political office, standing for election as a representative for South Australia.
Birth of a brother	1898 (Age 6) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia younger brother - Charles Edward Williams
Australian History	1898 (Age 6) Note: The Convention agrees on a final draft to be put to the people. Note: After much public debate, the Victorian, South Australian and Tasmanian referendums are successful; the New South Wales referendum narrowly fails. Later New South Wales votes 'yes' in a second referendum, and Queensland and Western Australia also vote to join.
Birth of a brother	1899 (Age 7) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia younger brother - John Williams
Australian History	1899 (Age 7) Note: The decision is made to site the national capital in New South Wales, but not within 100 miles of Sydney. Note: The Australian Labor Party holds office for a few days in Queensland, becoming the first trade union party to do so anywhere in the world. Note: The first contingents from various Australian colonies are sent to South Africa to participate in the Second Boer War.
Australian History	1900 (Age 8) Note: Several delegates visit London to resist proposed changes to the agreed-upon constitution. Note: The constitution is passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom as a schedule to the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act, and is given royal assent
Australian History	1901 (Age 9) Note: (01 Jan) Australia becomes a federation on 1 January. Edmund Barton becomes Prime Minister; the 7th Earl of Hopetoun becomes Governor-General Note: The first parliament met in Parliament House, Melbourne Note: Immigration Restriction act was introduced- The White Australian Policy Note: The Australian National Flag was flown for the first time
Birth of a brother	1902 (Age 10) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia younger brother - Henry Williams
Australian History	1902 (Age 10) Note: The Franchise Act guarantees women the right to vote in federal elections (by this stage, most states had already done this). However, it excludes most non-European ethnic groups, including Aboriginal people, unless already registered to vote on State roles. Note: King Edward VII approved the design of the Australian flag. Note: Breaker Morant is executed for having shot Boers who had surrendered
Australian History	1903 (Age 11) Note: The High Court of Australia is established with Samuel Griffith as the first Chief Justice. Note: The Defence Act gives the federal government full control over the Australian Army Note: Alfred Deakin elected Prime Minister
Australian History	1904 (Age 12) Note: A site at Dalgety, New South Wales chosen for the new national capital Note: Chris Watson forms the first federal Labor (minority) government
Birth of a sister	1906 (Age 14) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia younger sister - Margaret Anne Williams
Australian History	1906 (Age 14) Note: Australia takes control of south-eastern New Guinea
Australian History	1908 (Age 16) Note: Dorothea Mackellar publishes My Country Note: The Dalgety proposal for the national capital is revoked, and Canberra is chosen instead
Australian History	1909 (Age 17) Note: The first powered aeroplane flight in Australia is made.
Australian History	1910 (Age 18) Note: Andrew Fisher forms the first federal majority Labor government.
Birth of a brother	1911 (Age 19) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia younger brother - Albert Harold Williams
Australian History	1911 (Age 19) Note: The Royal Australian Navy is founded Note: The Northern Territory comes under Commonwealth control, being split off from South Australia Note: The first national census is conducted. Note: Australian Capital Territory proclaimed.
Death of a maternal grandmother	1912 (Age 20) Holbrook, New South Wales, Australia maternal grandmother - Elizabeth Ann Scott
Death of a mother	1912 (Age 20) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia mother - Letitia (Margaret) Hall
Australian History	1912 (Age 20) Note: Australia sends women to the Olympic Games for the first time Note: Walter Burley Griffin wins a design competition for the new city of Canberra
Australian History	1913 (Age 21) Note: Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains. Note: Matthew Flinders refers to New South Wales by the name 'Australia'.
Australian History	1913 (Age 21) Note: The foundation stone for the city of Canberra is put in place
Australian History	1914 (Age 22) Note: Australian soldiers are sent to the First World War. This was first time Australians had fought under the Australian flag, as opposed to that of Britain's.
Australian History	1915 (Age 23) Note: (25 APRIL)Australian soldiers land at Anzac Cove on the Gallipoli Peninsula in Turkey on 25 April. Note: Jervis Bay Territory comprising 6,677 hectares surrendered and becomes part of the Australia Capital Territory. Note: Surfing is first introduced to Australia Note: Billy Hughes became Prime Minister
Australian History	1916 (Age 24) Note: Hotels are forced to close at 6 p.m., leading to the beginning of the 'six o'clock swill' Note: Australia suffers heavy casualties in the Western Front Battle of the Somme. Note: The Returned Sailors� and Soldiers� Imperial League of Australia, the forerunner to the Returned and Services League of Australia is founded Note: The Labor government under Billy Hughes splits over conscription. First referendum on conscription is rejected
Australian History	1917 (Age 25) Note: Second referendum on conscription is rejected. Transcontinental railway linking Adelaide to Perth is completed. Note: Australian 4th Light Horse Brigade launches last cavalry charge in modern warfare to capture Beersheba from the Ottoman Turks.
Australian History	1918 (Age 26) Note: (08 AUG) Battle of Amiens Note: Australian troops spearhead 8 August offensive against Hindenberg Line - the 'black day of the German Army'. Note: On 12 August, Australian commander General Sir John Monash is knighted in the field of battle by King George V Note: First World War ends - 60,000 Australians dead. Note: The Darwin Rebellion takes place, with 1,000 demonstrators demanding the resignation of the Administrator of the Northern Territory, John A. Gilruth.
Australian History	1919 (Age 27) Note: Prime Minister Billy Hughes signs Treaty of Versailles: the first signing of an international treaty by Australia. Australia obtains League of Nations mandate over German New Guinea.
Australian History	1920 (Age 28) Note: The airline Qantas is founded
Australian History	1921 (Age 29) Note: Edith Cowan becomes the first woman elected to an Australian parliament
Australian History	1922 (Age 30) Note: The Smith Family charity is founded in Sydney
Australian History	1923 (Age 31) Note: Vegemite is first produced
Death of a maternal grandfather	14 September 1924 (Age 32) Culcairn, New South Wales, Australia maternal grandfather - David Hall
Australian History	1926 (Age 34) Note: The first Miss Australia contest is held
Australian History	1927 (Age 35) Note: The tenth parliament is formally opened in Canberra, finalising the move to the new capital
Australian History	1928 (Age 36) Note: Bert Hinkler makes the first successful flight from Britain to Australia, and Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first flight from the United States to Australia. The Shrine of Remembrance is built.
Australian History	1929 (Age 37) Note: Western Australia celebrates its centenary Note: Labor returns to office under James Scullin. The Great Depression hits Australia.
Australian History	1930 (Age 38) Note: Batsman Don Bradman scores a record 452 not out in one cricket innings Note: Phar Lap wins his first Melbourne Cup
Australian History	1931 (Age 39) Note: Sir Douglas Mawson charts 4,000 miles of Antarctic coastline and claims 42% of the icy mass for Australia
Australian History	1932 (Age 40) Note: The Sydney Harbour Bridge opens Note: The Labor government falls and Joseph Lyons becomes Prime Minister
Australian History	1933 (Age 41) Note: Western Australia votes at a rerefendum to secede from the Commonwealth, but the vote is ignored by both the Commonwealth and British governments
Australian History	1936 (Age 44) Note: The last Thylacine dies
Australian History	1937 (Age 45) Note: The radio series Dad and Dave begins
Australian History	1938 (Age 46) Note: Sydney hosts the Empire Games, the forerunner to the Commonwealth Games
Australian History	1939 (Age 47) Note: (April) Prime Minister Lyons dies in office and is replaced by Robert Menzies and the first Menzies Government Note: (September) Australia enters the Second World War following the German Invasion of Poland. The 2nd Australian Imperial Force is raised. Note: The first flight is made by an Australian-made warplane, the Wirraway Note: Victoria is devastated by the Black Friday bushfires
Australian History	1940 (Age 48) Note: A team of scientists, under Howard Florey, develops penicillin Note: Fascist Italy enters war, Royal Australian Navy engages Italian Navy in the early stages of the Battle of the Mediterranean.
Australian History	1941 (Age 49) Note: 3 Divisions of the 2nd Australian Imperial Force join operations in the Mediterranean. After initial successes against Italy, 2nd AIF suffered defeat against the Germans in Greece, Crete, and North Africa. Note: Apr-Aug, Australian garrison (Rats of Tobruk) halt advance of Hitler's panzers for the first time during the Siege of Tobruk. Note: Menzies resigns and John Curtin becomes Prime Minister in the Curtin Government of 1941-45.
Australian History	1942 (Age 50) Note: Feb, Fall of Singapore. 15,000 Australians become Prisoners of War of the Japanese Note: 1942-43 - Japanese air raids - almost 100 attacks against sites in the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Queensland. Note: The Royal Australian Navy and 6th and 7th Divisions of 2nd AIF are recalled from Mediterranean Theatre to participate in the anticipated Battle of Australia. Note: 1942-3 - Sparrow Force engages in guerilla campaign in Battle of Timor Note: Battle of the Coral Sea - United States and Royal Australian Navy halt advance of the Japanese towards Port Moresby (Australian Territory of Papua) Note: Battle of Kokoda Trail - Australian soldiers halt Japanese march on Port Moresby Note: Aug-Sep, Australian forces inflict the first defeat on the Imperial Japanese Army in the Battle of Milne Bay. Note: Jul-Nov, Australia's 9th Division plays crucial role in the First and Second Battle of El Alamein, which turned the North Africa Campaign in favour of the Allies. Note: National daylight saving is introduced as a war time measure. Note: The UK Statute of Westminster is formally adopted by Australia. The Statute formally grants Australia the right to pass laws that conflict with UK laws.
Australian History	1943 (Age 51) Note: Australia wins its first Oscar, with cinematographer Damien Parer honoured for Kokoda Front Line! documentary. Note: 2,815 Australian Pows die constructing Japan's Burma-Thailand Railway Note: 1943-44 - Australian forces engage Japan in New Guinea, Wau, and the Huon peninsula.
Australian History	1944 (Age 52) Note: Cowra breakout, mass escape of Japanese prisoners of war occurs in NSW. Note: Japanese inflict Sandakan Death March on 2,000 Australian and British prisoners of war - only 6 survive. The single worst war crime perpetrated against Australians. Note: Australian forces battle Japanese garrisons from Borneo to Bougainville. Note: The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme is introduced, providing subsidised medicine to all Australians
Australian History	1945 (Age 53) Note: the Liberal Party of Australia is established with Robert Menzies as its first leader. Note: Australian forces lead Battle of Borneo Note: (7 May) Nazi Germany surrenders Note: (July) Prime Minister Curtin dies and is replaced by Ben Chifley and the Chifley Labor Government Note: (1 August) Japan Surrenders Note: Australia becomes a founding member of the United Nations Note: The Sydney-Hobart Yacht Race is held for the first time
Australian History	1946 (Age 54) Note: Minister for Immigration Arthur Calwell introduces the major post-war immigration scheme Note: Norman Makin, is voted in as the first President of the United Nations Security Council.
Australian History	1948 (Age 56) Note: Minister for External Affairs, Dr. H.V. Evatt is elected President of the United Nations General Assembly. Note: Australia becomes a signatory to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Australian History	1949 (Age 57) Note: Construction of the Snowy Mountains Hydro-Electric Scheme begins Note: All indigenous ex-servicemen and any Indigenous Australians who are eligible to vote in State Elections (NSW, VIC, SA and TAS) are given an unrestricted right to vote in Federal Elections. Note: The Nationality and Citizenship Act is passed. Rather than being identified as subjects of Britain, the Act established Australian citizenship for people who met eligibility requirements. Note: Menzies returns to power as leader of the new Liberal Party Menzies Government.
Australian History	1950 (Age 58) Note: 1950-53 - Australian troops are sent to the Korean War to assist South Korea. Note: Voters reject a referendum to change the Constitution to allow the Menzies Government to ban the Communist Party
Australian History	1951 (Age 59) Note: Australia signs the ANZUS treaty with the United States and New Zealand
Australian History	1952 (Age 60) Note: First nuclear test conducted in Australian territory by the United Kingdom off the coast of Western Australia.
Death of a brother	1954 (Age 62) Victoria, Australia younger brother - Charles Edward Williams
Death of a half-brother	1954 (Age 62) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia half-brother - Robert Henry Williams
Australian History	1954 (Age 62) Note: Elizabeth II and Prince Philip make a royal visit; the Soviet diplomat Vladimir Petrov defects, leading to the Petrov Affair and another split in the Labor Party
Australian History	1955 (Age 63) Note: Democratic Labor Party splits from Australian Labor Party over concerns of Communist influence in the labour movement Note: Australia becomes involved in Malayan Insurgence Note: Hotels in New South Wales no longer have to close at 6 p.m., ending the 'six o'clock swill'
Australian History	1956 (Age 64) Note: Television in Australia is launched. Note: Melbourne holds the Olympics Note: performing artist Barry Humphries introduces Edna Everage to the Australian stage
Australian History	1957 (Age 65) Note: The song 'Wild One' makes Johnny O'Keefe the first Australian rock'n'roller to reach the national charts. Note: Slim Dusty's Australian country music hit Pub With No Beer becomes the first Australian song to attain international chart success.
Death	1958 (Age 66) Victoria, Australia

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father	Robert Williams Birth Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
mother	Letitia (Margaret) Hall Birth 1874 33 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1912 (Age 38) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Loading...
	Marriage: 1889 — Victoria, Australia
1 year #1 elder sister	Mary Jane Williams Birth 1890 16 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1974 (Age 84) Caulfield, Victoria, Australia Loading...
2 years #2 himself	William Francis Williams Birth 1892 18 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1958 (Age 66) Victoria, Australia Loading...
2 years #3 younger brother	Edward Williams Birth 1894 20 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
1 year #4 younger brother	Samuel Williams Birth 1895 21 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1970 (Age 75) Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Loading...
3 years #5 younger brother	Charles Edward Williams Birth 1898 24 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1954 (Age 56) Victoria, Australia Loading...
1 year #6 younger brother	John Williams Birth 1899 25 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1965 (Age 66) Shepparton, Victoria, Australia Loading...
3 years #7 younger brother	Henry Williams Birth 1902 28 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
4 years #8 younger sister	Margaret Anne Williams Birth 1906 32 Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Death 1983 (Age 77) Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia Loading...
5 years #9 younger brother	Albert Harold Williams Birth 1911 37 Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Death 1978 (Age 67) Prahran, Victoria, Australia Loading...

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father	Robert Williams Birth Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
step-mother	Annie Elizabeth Hall Birth 1866 25 Clunes, Victoria, Australia Death 1887 (Age 21) Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Loading...
	Marriage: 1883 — Victoria, Australia
1 year #1 half-sister	Elizabeth May Williams Birth 1884 18 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
1 year #2 half-brother	David Williams Birth 1885 19 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death yes Loading...
2 years #3 half-brother	Robert Henry Williams Birth 1887 21 Dunbulbalane, Victoria, Australia Death 1954 (Age 67) Numurkah, Victoria, Australia Loading...

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Parents John Dempster + Mary Jane Hall

1 David Dempster 1884–1913

2 Jane Smart Dempster 1886–1968

Parents Robert Williams + Annie Elizabeth Hall

1 Elizabeth May Williams 1884–?

2 David Williams 1885–?

3 Robert Henry Williams 1887–1954

Parents John James Hall + Isabella Reardon

1 Myrtle I Hall 1910–?

2 Ruby L Hall 1913–1913

3 Irene G Hall 1916–?

4 John J Hall 1918–?

Parents David Hall + Frances Catherine Dunne

1 Selina J Hall 1909–?

2 Gladys M Hall 1917–?

Parents William Hall + Wilmot Thomas

1 William James Hall 1897–?

2 Charles Ernest Hall 1899–?

Parents John Dempster + Elizabeth Hall

1 John Dempster 1890–1973

2 Ellen Dempster 1891–?

3 William Dempster 1893–1894

4 Mary Frances Dempster 1894–?

5 Selena Dempster 1895–?

6 Robert Henry Dempster 1896–1970

7 George Dempster 1898–?

8 Samuel Dempster 1899–1962

9 Annie Dempster 1901–?

10 Henry Dempster 1902–1960

11 William Dempster 1904–1974

12 Alex Dempster 1906–?

13 Archibald Dempster 1907–?

14 James Thomas Dempster 1909–1983

15 Roy Dempster 1911–1980

16 Cyril Dempster 1912–1945

Parents Robert Henry Hall + Emily A Lumby

1 Robert H Hall 1896–?

2 David Hall 1898–?

3 Alice J Hall 1901–1990

4 Selina Hall 1903–1984

5 Mary J A Hall 1905–?

6 Elizabeth A Hall 1907–?

7 John J Hall 1908–?

8 Gordon James Hall 1909–1973

9 Dorothy May Hall 1912–?

10 Margaret E Hall 1915–?

Parents Henry Hall + Rosie Thomas

1 Vera J Hall ?–1913

2 George H Hall 1913–?

3 Ruby J Hall 1915–?

4 Eileen J Hall 1917–?

Parents Samuel Hall + Catherine Reardon

1 Elizabeth A Hall 1910–?

2 James S Hall 1911–?

3 William E Hall 1914–?

Parents Charles Ernest Thomas + Selina Hall

1 Charles H Thomas ?–1911

2 Emily Elizabeth Thomas 1902–?

3 James Charles Thomas 1908–?

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