HOLLYOAKE, Frederick George
| Service Number: | 5355 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Birmingham, England, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Merrylands, Holroyd, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Bargo Public School |
| Occupation: | Railway Permanent Way Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5355, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5355, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5355, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Frederick George HOLLYOAKE was born in Birmingham, England in about 1889. He was 2-years-old when he came to Australia. His parents were Henry and Martha Hollyoake. He went to school at Bargo Public School (NSW).
He worked in the Permanent Way Branch of the Railways.
He joined the AIF on 29th January 1916 with the rank of Private (Service Number 5355). He was posted to the 14th Reinforcements to the 18th Infantry Battalion. He nominated his mother, then living at Merrylands, NSW, as his next of kin.
He was in England by 12th October 1916 when he reported sick with an unspecified ailment diagnosed to be ‘slight’. After a period with the 5th Training Battalion at Rollestone, England, he embarked for France on 13th December 1916. He marched into the 2nd Australian Division Base Depot at Etaples the next day. On 26th January 1917 he joined the 18th Infantry Battalion ‘in the field’.
On 28th February 1917 he was killed in action at Bapaume.
He is commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France. The Australian War Memorial gives his place of association as Merrylands, NSW.
After his death his mother was awarded a pension of £2 per fortnight, with effect from 22nd May 1917.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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