Major General Thomas Rhys Williams, (10 April 1884 – 23 October 1950) was an officer in the

Australian Army The Australian Army is the principal Army, land warfare force of Australia. It is a part of the Australian Defence Force (ADF), along with the Royal Australian Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force. The Army is commanded by the Chief of Army ...

who held senior administrative appointments in the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

. Williams served as Master-General of Ordnance from the outbreak of war in 1939 until 1940, when he was appointed Chief Military Advisor to the Ministry of Munitions. Following his retirement from the army in 1944, he was the Australian representative to the

Imperial War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations mil ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Thomas 1884 births 1950 deaths Military personnel from Queensland Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George 20th-century Australian engineers Australian generals Australian military personnel of World War I Australian Army personnel of World War II People from Bundaberg Australian recipients of the Croix de guerre (Belgium)