RATTLE, Frederick Berdo
| Service Number: | 2761 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Huiden, Victoria, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | Toorak, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Train Examiner |
| Died: | 12 November 1956, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Box Hill General Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 24th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 27 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2761, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2761, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 24 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion, Egypt | |
| 23 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 8th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 8th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
| 6 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2761, 8th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 | |
| 7 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 20 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 8 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 2761, 8th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second) | |
| 18 Jul 1917: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, Bullecourt (Second), 8-9 May 1917 Magnificent and valuable work while in charge of L.M.G. section.' Recommendation date: 17 May 1917 | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 2761, 8th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road, Severe SW to right arm (amputated) and fractured skull. Evacuated to UK, then Australia. | |
| 28 Jun 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2761, 8th Infantry Battalion, RTA 30 January 1918 and discharged as MU (loss of right arm). |
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Distinguished Conduct Medal
'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When in charge of a Lewis gun section his post was blown in and all his team put out of action. He personally repaired the gun, carried it forward single handed to a shell hole and from there brought flanking fire to bear upon the enemy, thereby smashing their attack. Later on he was again blown up by a shell, and his gun smashed; whereupon he obtained another, and continued in action single handed after all his men were killed. His fearlessness was exceptional.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 189
Date: 8 November 1917
FEARLESSNESS CONQUERS
Describing tho feat which won for Corporal F. B. Rattle tho Distinguished Conduct Medal, a recent official message stated:
"When in charge of a Lewis Machine Gun section his post was blown
in and all his team put out of action. He personally repaired the gun, car ried it forward singlehanded to a shell hole, and from there brought a flanking fire to bear upon the enemy, thereby smashing the attack. Later on he was again blown up by a shell and his gun smashed. He obtained another gun, and continued in action singlehanded after all his men had been killed. His fearlessness was exceptional."
Corporal Rattle is a son of Mr and Mrs W. Rattle, of 32 Ross street, Toorak. He is 27 years of age, and prior to enlisting was employed by the Victorian Railways as a train examiner at Castlemaine and Geelong. He left Melbourne for the front in October, 1915, and has been with the forces ever since. Ho saw service in Egypt, and then went to France with the Lewis Machine Gun Section of the 8th Battalion. He took part in the fighting on the Somme, at Pozieres,
Bullecourt, and Lagnicourt. His eldest brother, Quartermaster-
Sergeant E. V. Rattle, has been on active service nearly, three years. He left Melbourne with the 24th Battalion. He saw service on Gallipoli, and is now in France. He was employed on the clerical staff of Renter's Telegram Company, Collins street.
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