CONSTABLE, Frederick Charles
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1915, Katanning, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Auckland, New Zealand, 17 June 1876 |
| Home Town: | Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Druggist/Farmer |
| Died: | Natural causes (sudden), Bairnsdale, Victoria, Australia, 22 February 1920, aged 43 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bairnsdale Public Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Katanning, Western Australia | |
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| 9 Aug 1916: | Involvement 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Aug 1916: | Embarked 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle | |
| 8 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Jul 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Aug 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"The news of the sudden death of Captain Frederick Constable, of the firm of Neale, Constable and Co., wholesale Perth chemists, came as a great shock to his many friends throughout Western Australia, especially to those in the Kojonup district, where the deceased gentleman, before enlisting for the war, owned a farming property, between that town and Boyup Brook, in the vicinity of the late Sir Winthrop Hackett's estate. After being seriously wounded and gassed in France, the late Captain Constable was, for a considerable time, engaged in transport work, between Australia and Egypt, and at the conclusion of hostilities, he settled, as an estate agent, at Bairnsdale, in Victoria. A few days ago, while yachting on the Mitchell River, with Mrs. Constable (nee Miss Ada Throssell) and some of their friends, Captain Constable was overtaken with an attack of heart trouble, owing to which he passed away, within a few minutes of the seizure." - Western Mail, Thursday 4 March 1920, page 42 (nla.gov.au)
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