BULLING, Frederick William
| Service Number: | 4075 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 December 1915, 4 years senior cadets, 6 months Citizen Forces |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Prahran, Victoria, Australia, December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Prahran, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Malvern Road state School, Prahran, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium , 9 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 23), Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4075, 24th Infantry Battalion, 4 years senior cadets, 6 months Citizen Forces | |
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| 7 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4075, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4075, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne |
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From On This Day - Australian Military History
We Remember Private Frederick Bulling.
Today we pause to remember the life and service of 4075 Private Frederick William Bulling, who was killed in action on the 9th of October 1917 at Broodenseide Ridge in Belgium.
Originally from Prahran, Victoria, Frederick worked as a carpenter’s apprentice before enlisting on the 15th of December 1915 with the 24th Battalion. He embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Wiltshire on 7 March 1916 for England. He joined his unit on the Western Front, France, on 5 August 1916.
During the following twelve months Frederick was hospitalised on two occasions due to illness and was evacuated to England on 17 April 1917 for treatment and recuperation. On 14 September he rejoined his unit in France.
Private Bulling was killed in action at Broodseinde Ridge, Belgium, on 9 October 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
He was 19 at the time of his death.
Lest we forget.
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