Life
Born in the town of Quorn, located in the Flinders Ranges and some 39 km north-east of Port Augusta, Williams had a late start to football due to World War II. He enlisted in the Australian Army on 5 March 1942, serving as a signalman before transferring to the Royal Australian Navy on 31 March 1943, where he served as a telegrapher on the corvette HMAS Kiama until his discharge on 6 June 1946.
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