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FREIER, Henry
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 5585, Henry |
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| Enlisted: | 10 April 1916, Enlisted at Toowoomba |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Middle Ridge, Queensland, Australia, 1873 |
| Home Town: | Millmerran, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Middle Ridge State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Illness - Cerebral Haemorrage and Meningitis, On board hospital ship while en route to Australia, France, 7 December 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Buried at sea, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France, Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Abbeville, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial), Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5585, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Toowoomba | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5585, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5585, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane | |
| 26 Mar 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, Henry , Gunshot wound to the eye 27 April 1917 - embarked for the Military Hospital, Rove England | |
| 25 Nov 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, Henry , 26th Infantry Battalion, Embarked the hospital ship for return to Australia with gunshot wound to the cornea of the left eye and died on board ship |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Enlisted as Henry Freier
Son of Charles and Friedericke Freier. Brother of Charles Freier of Pittsworth, Queensland
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal