KAFER, Frederick
| Service Number: | 134 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle New South Wales Australia , 29 August 1878 |
| Home Town: | Carrington, Great Lakes, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Coal trimmer |
| Died: | Wounds, France, 1 September 1918, aged 40 years |
| Cemetery: |
Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row B, Grave No. 23 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates, Carrington Football Club HR |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 134, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 134, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 134, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 9 Oct 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 53rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 9 May 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 134, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), SW forehead | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 134, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, SW right hand | |
| 1 Mar 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 134, 53rd Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, GSW head and buttock | |
| 1 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 134, 53rd Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, DoW |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
104 years ago today, on the 1st September 1918, Private Frederick J Kafer, 53rd Battalion (Reg No-134), coal trimmer from Young Street, Carrington, New South Wales, father of three (Norman F, John A, Phyllis I), Died of Wounds, age 40.
No Roll of Honour circular summited.
Born at Newcastle, New South Wales on the 29th August 1878 to Jacob Frederic (died 22.7.1927) of 76 Denison Street, Carrington, N.S.W., and Annie Marie Kafer nee Baker (died 19.9.1940, no funeral or death notice located), husband of Charlotte R Kafer nee Absolom (married 1904, Wickham, N.S.W., of Newcastle West and Toronto, N.S.W., remarried 1920 as MACGUINESS or MCGUINESS, died?), Fred enlisted as Fredrick December 1915 with the 35th Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Reported back to unit 31.10.1916.
Admitted to hospital 1.12.1916 (scabies), 9.9.1917 (abrasion on neck), 19.11.1917 (influenza).
Wounded in action 9.5.1917 (SW forehead), 26.9.1917 (GSW right hand), 1.3.1918 (GSW head & buttock), 1.9.1918 (not stated).
Fred is resting at Peronne Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot I Row B Grave 23.
Mr. Kafer’s name has been inscribed on the Carrington Memorial Gates, Carrington Municipal District Roll of Honor, Toronto Soldiers' Memorial and the Toronto Red C
There is no memorial inscription on the headstone plaque of Fred’s parents to tell us of the supreme sacrifice of their son during The Great War, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of his service for God, King & Country. ANGLICAN 2-126. 45.
I will be erecting a Memorial cross at the gravesite.
Younger brother David (Reg No-N90803, born 2.11.1899, Bellingen, N.S.W.), did not serve overseas (enlisted 10.6.1918, Newcastle, N.S.W., discharged in consequence of expiration of period of enlistment, died 1975, district unknown, name inscribed on the Wickham Superior Public School Roll of Honour and the Carrington Football Club Roll of Honor).
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
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Lest We Forget.
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