FELTHAM, Frederick George
| Service Number: | 5693 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Concord, New South Wales, Australia, 29 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Concord, Canada Bay, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Carriage Painter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 13 September 1918, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
La Chapelette British and Indian Cemetery, Peronne |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket C and W Department Employees Honour Roll, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 11 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 5693, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 5693, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 5693, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney | |
| 18 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5693, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5693, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Fremantle | |
| 13 Sep 1918: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 5693, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5693 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-09-13 |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Frederick George FELTHAM, (Service Number 5693) was born on 29 August 1894 at Concord. His career with the NSW Railways had begun in only November 1915 as a carriage painters’ assistant in the workshops at Eveleigh. He had learned his trade elsewhere as an apprentice with H. Hillier, a firm in Parramatta Road, Camperdown. Less than three months after starting work he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces.
He signed his Attestation Papers on 11 February 1916 and left Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Kyarra’ on 3 June 1916.
He was wounded in action with gunshot injuries to his mouth and he died of those wounds on 13 September at the 53rd Casualty Clearing Station. He was buried at La Chapellette British Cemetery 1¼ miles S of Péronne.
Submitted 1 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Frederick George FELTHAM (Service Number 5693) was born on 29th August 1894 at Concord. His career with the NSW Railways had begun November 1915 as a carriage painters’ assistant in the workshops at Eveleigh. He had learned his trade as an apprentice with H. Hillier, a firm in Parramatta Road, Camperdown. Less than three months after starting work he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces.
He signed his Attestation Papers on 11th February 1916.
He left Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Kyarra’ on 3rd June 1916. However, he was removed from the transport in Fremantle due to appendicitis. He re-embarked three months later aboard HMAT ‘Clan McGillivray’ and reached Plymouth (England) in early November. He re-joined the 4th Australian Infantry Battalion on 20th December 1916. A week later he was again in hospital and did not rejoin the Battalion until 10th January 1917. In December 1917 Frederick Feltham was given leave in England. In April 1918 he was promoted to Lance Corporal. In July he had two weeks in a rest camp.
He was wounded in action with gunshot injuries to his mouth. He died of those wounds on 13th September 1918 at the 53rd Casualty Clearing Station. He was buried at La Chapellette British Cemetery 1¼ miles S of Péronne.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board