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YEATES, Fawkner Cameron
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3971 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1888 |
| Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Died: | Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 1969, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Bairnsdale District Loyal Mitchell Lodge M.U.I.O.O.F. Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3971, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3971, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3971, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, From 7th Battalion | |
| 19 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3971, 59th Infantry Battalion, Wounds to the right hand and right thigh. Embarked for England on 21 July 1916 aboard HS St David | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3971, 59th Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Gassed | |
| 19 Jun 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3971, 59th Infantry Battalion, Third occasion. Wound to the left leg and invalided to England on 2 July 1918 | |
| 30 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3971, 59th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James H. Yeates and Christina Barry Yeates nee McEwen of Main Street, Bairnsdale, Victoria
Member of the Bairnsdale Rifle Club
Commenced return to Australia on 19 February 1919 aboard HT Orca disembarking on the 4 April 1919
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
During 1935c Fawkner married Eileen Iris Shannon in Victoria