KILGOUR, Frederick James
| Service Number: | 1797 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, 31 July 1891 |
| Home Town: | Williamstown (Vic), 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 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 58th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 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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Add my storyBiography 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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