Frederick MADDICKS

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MADDICKS, Frederick

Other Name:	Maddick, Frederick - Birth Name
Service Numbers:	27, 2706
Enlisted:	7 August 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	52nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Esk, Queensland, Australia, 11 May 1872
Home Town:	Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway employee
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 31 July 1943, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Memorials:	Toowoomba Queensland Railways Toowoomba Employees Roll of Honour, Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Corporal, 27, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
1 Nov 1899:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Corporal, 27, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899.
9 Dec 1899:	Promoted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 68, notes promoted to Sergeant on 9 Dec 1899.
23 Jan 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Sergeant, 27, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 449 notes 1st QMI embarked 13 Dec 1900 returning to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 17 Jan 1901, disbanded 23 Jan 1901.

World War 1 Service

7 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2706, 52nd Infantry Battalion
7 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2706, 52nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
7 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2706, 52nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
15 Aug 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2706, 52nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Frederick Maddicks was an old soldier, having served in the Queensland Mounted Infantry during the Boer War in South Africa. He enlisted in WW1, at the age of 44 and was noted in his file as a ‘big, heavy man.’ He had been working in the Toowoomba locomotive sheds. He was returned to Australia several months after arriving in England, with chronic bronchitis and as over age.

His 17 year old son, 3638 Private Frederick Thomas Maddicks 47th Battalion AIF was killed in action at Dernancourt, France, on 5 April 1918.

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