MARKHAM, Frederick Thomas
Service Number: | 626 |
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Enlisted: | 21 March 1915, Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Coogee, NSW, 22 February 1897 |
Home Town: | Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Christian Brothers' School Lewisham |
Occupation: | Locomotive Cleaner |
Died: | 12 November 1954, aged 57 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium R.C. Mortuary 2; Sect. 18 Plot 3593 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
21 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 626, 20th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 626, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 626, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Berrima, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Michael and Ellen MARKHAM, 154 Dennison Road, Petersham, NSW
Frederick saw service in Egypt, Gallipoli and France where he was wounded at Bois Grenier on 5th May 1916 and invalided to the 3rd London General Hospital. He returned to duty on 21st September and was wounded on a second occasion at Fleurs on 14 November 1916.
Returned to Australia June 1917 and as discharged medically unfit 3rd August 1917.