WRIGLEY, Frederick Rankin
| Service Number: | 3168 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 October 1916, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Scarsdale, Victoria, Australia, 4 November 1884 |
| Home Town: | Scarsdale, Golden Plains, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 27 April 1918, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Avoca Soldiers Memorial, Smythesdale Scarsdale and District Soldiers and Scarsdale State School Pictorial Honour Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3168, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 19 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3168, 37th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3168, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 24 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3168, 60th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3168 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-27 |
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"...3168 Fred Rankin Wrigley, later Lance Corporal (L Cpl) 60th Battalion of Scarsdale, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, as Private Wrigley, 37th Battalion, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ballarat (A70) on 19 February 1917. On 27 April 1918, he was killed in action near Villers-Bretonneux, France, aged 33. L Cpl Wrigley has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. Just prior to his death, he was mentioned in despatches by Brigadier-General Elliott for his courage and devotion to duty during the advance on Villers-Bretonneux." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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