FREARSON, Clement Cook Junction
| Service Number: | 865 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 March 1916, Perth,Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Unley, Adelaide, South Australia, 13 September 1899 |
| Home Town: | Dowerin, Dowerin, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | State School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 June 1917, aged 17 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dowerin War Memorial, Esperance District WW1 Honour Roll, Esperance War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 865, 44th Infantry Battalion, Perth,Western Australia | |
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| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 865, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 865, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle | |
| 27 Jan 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 44th Infantry Battalion | |
| 11 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 44th Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 865, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 865 awm_unit: 44th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-04 | |
| 4 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, 865, 44th Infantry Battalion, In the Field, Belgium Killed in Action |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Clement Cook Junction FREARSON was born on 13th September, 1899 in Unley, Adelaide, South Australia
His parents were Septimus FREARSON and Emma Martha SMITh
He was still serving in the Dowering Light Horse in Western Australia when he enlisted for WW1 on 24th March, 1916 in Perth, WA as a Private with the 44th Infantry Battalion, D Company (11th Infantry Battalion) he left with the 1st Reinforcements which embarked from Fremantle, WA on the HMAT Suevic on 6th June, 1916
He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 27th January, 1917 and then to Corporal on 11th April, 1917 & served on the Western Front. He was posted as Missing in Action on 4th June, 1917, but after a court of enquiry was found to be Killed in Action with shell wounds to his right side - he has no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, the Australian National Memorial, Villers Bretonneux and the Roll of Honour in Western Australia - he was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
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Trove - IN MEMORIAM
FREARSON - In memory of our dear son & brother, Clement Cook Frearson, who was killed in action June 4, 1917
Inserted by his Father, Mother & Sisters
ALWAYS REMEMBERED
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