CHOAT, Frederick Herbert Ray
| Service Number: | 430 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 September 1914, Townsville |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 3 October 1876 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wardsman |
| Died: | Natural causes, Mount Barker, South Australia, Australia, 28 December 1938, aged 62 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Barker Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: | Townsville No. 37 Magnetic Lodge P.A.F.S.O.A. Honor Board |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 430, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance , Townsville | |
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| 1 Nov 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance | |
| 13 Nov 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance | |
| 15 Dec 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance | |
| 15 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 430, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance , ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 7 Jun 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 430, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance , Medically unfit | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Corporal, 430, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Corporal, 430, 2nd Light Horse Brigade Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Fred was born in Adelaide 3 Oct 1876, son of Frederick Choat and Martha Ann Miller.
He enlisted in Townsville on 21 Sep 1914, Sergeant 430, and served with the 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance
He embarked from Brisbane aboard HMAT A30 ‘Borda” on 15 Dec 1914. He served in Egypt and Gallipoli, and was invalided back to Australia 11 Apr 1916 with acute bronchitis and myocarditis.
He was discharged 7 Jul 1916. He also served in the AN&MEF 16 Aug - 6 Sep 1914, sailing on the ”Kanowna” to Thursday Island and back to Townsville. His occupation was wardsman and labourer, and he resided in McIntosh Street, Hermit Park, Townsville. He died 28 Dec 1938.
Courtesy of Samual Cox
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