Frederick James LUSTED

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LUSTED, Frederick James

Service Number:	7275
Enlisted:	28 January 1917, Show Ground Camp, Sydney
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	35th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia, 20 March 1895
Home Town:	Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Camden Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Bricklayer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 22 August 1918, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Cote 80 French National Cemetery, Etinehem, France D. 2.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

28 Jan 1917:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7275, Show Ground Camp, Sydney
10 Feb 1917:	Involvement Private, 7275, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Feb 1917:	Embarked Private, 7275, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney
1 Sep 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 35th Infantry Battalion
22 Aug 1918:	Involvement Private, 7275, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 7275 awm_unit: 35th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-22

From Book on Bruce, Lusted & Eddy Families

Frederick James Lusted
Private
1st Battalion & 35th Battalion
Serial No 7275

Frederick was one of two sons of Edward Charles & Rose Agnes Lusted. Frederick was born in 1895 and married Elsie Faddock, marrying in Burwood in 1914.
They moved to Rozelle, NSW where Frederick worked as a bricklayer.
When he was 21, he decided to enlist in the AIF on 29 January 1917 in Sydney.
He trained at the Royal Showground Camp and then with the 18th Depot Battalion in Liverpool. Here, he was posted to the 24th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, before being shipped out from Sydney on the 10 February 1917 onboard the RMS Osterly.

Frederick arrived in Plymouth, England on the 11 April 1917 and was marched into the 1st Training Battalion. While completing exercises at Perham Downs, he was transferred to the 62nd Battalion. However, manpower shortages saw him sent overseas to France to reinforce the 3rd Division in late August.
Once in France, Frederick left Rouelles Camp, to join the 25th Battalion on the 1 September during the Third Battle of Ypres. Shortly after arriving in the trenches Frederick was wounded in action at Broodseinde on the 4 October 1917, shot in his right hand.
He was admitted to the 5th Stationary Hospital, before rejoining his Battalion in mid December. Frederick suffered through the bitter winter and unsanitary conditions om the trenches. Subsequently, in January 1918, he developed trench fever and was rushed to the 8th Stationary Hospital.
By February, he was still very ill and was evacuated to England. He was admitted to the 1st London Hospital, and after recovering was granted a furlough. When he returned to duty, Frederick received further specialised training, before proceeding to the Western Front in July. He returned to his 35th Battalion, now with the lewis gun section of D Company. On the 22nd of August, Frederick and several other troops were in a trench near the village of Bray, (Brae-Sur-Somme) SSE of Albert, engaged in an attack. Unfortunately, Frederick and many of his comrades were killed instantly when they were hit by an artillery shell. Frederick was buried near the village, and his grave stands today at Brae-Sur-Somme.

Back in Australia, Elsie and Frederick's family were informed of his shocking death. Elsie eventually remarried a Mr H. H. Jackson and moved to Leichhardt. Elsie received Frederick's war medals and plaques, and continued to honour the memory of her first love.

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