JERMYN, Frederick David
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 19 October 1914, Adelaide, SA |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 4th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Port Fairy, Victoria, Australia , 4 June 1865 |
| Home Town: | Mount Gambier, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Schooling: | University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Medical practitioner |
| Died: | Wandin, , Victoria, Australia , 1948, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (2), Loyal Mount Gambier Lodge No 47 Great War Roll of Honour, Loyal Mount Gambier Lodge No 47 I.O.O.F. M.U. Great War Roll of Honor Board |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 2nd South Australian Mounted Rifles | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Captain, Army Medical Corps Contingent (NSW) | |
| 3 Apr 1900: | Involvement Captain, medical staff |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Major, 4th Field Ambulance, Adelaide, SA | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Major, 4th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Berrima embarkation_ship_number: A35 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Major, 4th Field Ambulance, HMAT Berrima, Melbourne | |
| 26 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 4th Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 10 Mar 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Major, 4th Field Ambulance, RTA 25 September 1915. Appointment terminated (medically unfit) due to enteric fever. |
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Excerpt from Blood Sweat and Fears: Medical Practitioners and Medical Students of South Australian who Served in World War 1. Courtesy of the Authors
Frederick David Jermyn was born on 4th June 1865 at Port Fairy, Victoria. He was the second son of Dr Cosmo David Jermyn from Co Kerry and Josephine, nee Dittmar from Co Cork, who married in Melbourne in 1857. He studied medicine at the University of Melbourne graduating in 1887/8. He served as a surgeon captain in G Coy of the Victorian Mtd Rifles from 1890-95, when he was practising at Koroit, near Warrnambool. He moved to Mount Gambier in 1895 and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the South Australian Mounted Rifles in 1898. He served in the Second South Australian Contingent in the South African War from 1900-1902, and was promoted captain in April 1900. He received the QSM with 5 clasps, having seen service in the Cape and Orange River Colonies and the Transvaal, and having been present at the actions at Johannesburg, Pretoria, and Diamond Hill. He was invalided to England with an eye problem in 1902, and while recovering pursued post-graduate studies in London. On his return to Australia he joined the AAMC as a Captain in 1903, and was promoted major in 1910 and was appointed as RMO of 22 LHR. He received the VD in 1913. Jermyn’s brother moved to Mount Gambier in 1904 and went into partnership with him in general practice. He married Bertha Jessie Belle Newberry in Victoria in 1909.
Jermyn volunteered for the AIF on the 30th October 1914 at Adelaide in 4MD. He was 49 years old, 5ft 8ins, and weighed 12st. He was posted as OC B Section of 4 FdAmb. He proceeded to join the MEF on 12th April 1915. He was evacuated from Gallipoli to Mudros in June 1915 and from there to Egypt in June with glaucoma of the left eye. He was subsequently reported as having dysentery as well. He returned to Australia in September 1915 and worked at Keswick Hospital until his appointment was terminated on the 10th February 1916. He was issued with the 1914-15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
After the war Jermyn decided to move back to Victoria and was Medical Officer to the Queenscliff Garrison from 1917 to 1936, and was also the Public Vaccinator for the South Western District from 1917. The local newspaper the Border Watch, Mount Gambier, said of his leaving; “During the 22 years he had been a resident of the town he had proved himself a worthy citizen, and had taken an interest in all kinds of sports. Many people would feel deep regret at his departure, especially his patients, whom he had attended with care and consideration.” Frederick David Jermyn died in Wandin, Victoria in 1948.
Sources:
Likeman R., “Gallipoli Doctors” Slouch Hat Publications, 2010.
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/scripts/Imagine.asp?B=7336618
Photo SLSA,
Adelaide Observer Feb 3rd 1900.
Boar War departures.
http://www.bwm.org.au/site/Doctors_and_Vets.asp
Border Watch Mount Gambier April 1917.
Ancestry.com
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