Norman Charles FRICKER

FRICKER, Norman Charles

    Service Number: 1704
    Enlisted: 18 May 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 21st Infantry Battalion
    Born: Coghills Creek, Victoria, Australia, 1897
    Home Town: Middle Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
    Schooling: Middle Park & St Kilda State Schools, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Bank clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 26 August 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    18 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1704, 21st Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    16 Jul 1915: Involvement Private, 1704, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
    16 Jul 1915: Embarked Private, 1704, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Melbourne
    25 Oct 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1704, 21st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    26 Nov 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 21st Infantry Battalion, Gallipoli
    19 Jul 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 21st Infantry Battalion, France
    27 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1704, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
    26 Aug 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1704, 21st Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
    26 Aug 1916: Involvement Sergeant, 1704, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1704 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-08-26

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Brothers:

    39640 Gunner Harold Thompson FRICKER, 11th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 19 August 1919;

    11736 Corporal Arthur Standen FRICKER, Australian Corps, Field Artillery Headquarters, returned to Australia, 9 December 1919;

    11737 Pte Leslie Raymond FRICKER, 3rd Division Supply Column, returned to Australia, 21 March 1919.

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