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MITTELL, Frederick
| Service Number: | 767 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, British Boer war service |
| Last Rank: | Shoeing-Smith |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Born at Lydd, Kent, England, August 1876 |
| Home Town: | Tamworth, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Cardiff, New South Wales, Australia, 8 July 1940, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) G SE. 34. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 767, 2nd Infantry Battalion, British Boer war service | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 767, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 767, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 767, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 10 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Shoeing-Smith, 767, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
An Original Anzac who served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
83 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 10th July 1940, Private (shoeing smith) Frederick Mytell, 1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion (Reg No-767), blacksmith from Tamworth, New South Wales and Oxley Parade, Cardiff, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 65. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) G SE. 34. Not married.
Born at Lydd, Kent, England about 1875 to ? and E Mytell, Fred enlisted on the 26th August 1914 (as MITTELL) with the 2nd Battalion at Randwick, N.S.W.
report that Fred had been medically examined at the Tamworth Drill Hall and passed as fit.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on the 18th October 1914.
Wounded in action - 1.5.1915 (GSW left shoulder), 16.7.1915 (shell wound left leg, slight).
Admitted to hospital 21.11.1916 (dysentery).
Granted leave to Paris from 3.1.1918 to 13.1.1918.
Granted leave to England from 10.3.1918 to 27.3.1918.
Fred retuned home on the 23rd December 1918 (Special 1914 Leave), being discharged on the 10th March 1919.
Mr. Mytell’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies on Fred’s brown granite Commonwealth War Graves’s headstone in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Service record states Died after Discharge, 9/7/1940.
Officially commemorated as MITTELL – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...
Served in the Boer War.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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