Frederick James KILGOUR

KILGOUR, Frederick James

Service Number: 1797
Enlisted: 28 July 1915
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 58th Infantry Battalion
Born: Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 31 July 1891
Home Town: Williamstown, Hobsons Bay, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Accountant
Died: Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 9 August 1966, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Altona Memorial Park, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

28 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 58th Infantry Battalion
4 Apr 1916: Involvement Private, 1797, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916: Embarked Private, 1797, 57th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
30 Aug 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Promoted to acting Corporal
1 Sep 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Proceeded O/S to France & transferred to 58th Bn
10 May 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, GSW to left ankle. FB not removed. Occured in action at Bllecourt
26 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, 58th Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia
18 Jan 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Discharged, permanently unfit for general service

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Biography contributed by Leigh Treyvaud

Letters from the Front

Sergeant Fred Kilgour, son of Mr.

and Mrs. F. Kilgour, Morris-street,

writes-from France on April 28. He

says:-"We had a great day here on

April 25th (Anzac Day). A brigade

sports meeting was held, and repre

sentatives of each of the four bat

talions competed. A flat piece of

ground was selected, with only a few

shell holes in it. These were soon

filled in, and the steam-roller off the

roads soon made the place as flat as

the M.C.G., only the grass had long

since been worn off. The runners

ran in strings, and the ground was

all wired off. I was running in the

Relay Race and the Anzac Hundred.

In the former our battalion got

second (7/6 was my share of the

prize). In the Anzac Hundred I won

my heat. The final was a great go

between a 60th chap and myself. We

were together all the way. I thought

I had got in first, but 'Birdy' (Gen.

Birdwood), who was judging,

thought the other chap had won.

'Birdy' said I ran a great race. We

all ran in socks. The sports meeting

held in the fields, with the guns

booming in the distance, was one of

the best carried out affairs I have

struck. We put in a couple of francs

each, and had a bit of a spread for

Anzac night. First course was sea

pie and spuds, second course cold

roast beef, ham and roast spuds, and

third course custard with goose

berries scattered therein. It was the

best feed I've had since being in

France."

Williamstown Chronicle 7 July 1917http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article69679512 (nla.gov.au)

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