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John Thomas Williams - Gardner, Desoto Co., Florida

Army Rank: Private (1918).

Assigned Unit: 6^th Bn., 20^th Engineers, Co. E (17^th Co.)

Army Serial Number: 250,661

Inducted: Sept. 18, 1917 Arcadia, Florida  (22 years old)

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Army Discharge: Feb. 13, 1919

Remarks:  Overseas Jan. 24, 1918 – Jan. 6, 1919

   Torpedoed on the Transport Tuscania Feb. 5, 1918

   Lifeboat Survivor that landed on Islay Feb. 5, 1918

   Reunited with other survivors at Port Ellen, Islay Feb. 7, 1918

   Address: Gardner, Desoto County, Florida (1917)

Wife’s Name: Edna

Fathers Name: William Andrew Williams (b. April 1861 Georgia)

Mothers Name: Eleanor T. Whidden (b. May 1870 Florida)

Brothers: William A. Williams Jr.

Sisters: Mary & Millie Williams

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Born: March 11, 1895 Gardner, Desoto Co., Florida

Died: Feb. 18, 1974 Zolfo Springs, Hardee Co., Florida (age 79)

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