Frederick Albert GAFFNEY

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GAFFNEY, Frederick Albert

Service Number:	52
Enlisted:	29 April 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	24th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Frankston, Victoria, Australia, 1893
Home Town:	Longwood, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling:	Flemington State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Traveller
Died:	Swimming accident, spinal injury, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 6 February 1917
Cemetery:	Cornelian Bay Cemetery and Crematorium, Tasmania C of E BB 241
Memorials:	Kensington ANA Flemington Branch No69 Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

29 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 52, 24th Infantry Battalion
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 52, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 52, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Frederick Gaffney served with the 24th Battalion at Gallipoli from late August 1915. He was evacuated sick with rheumatism during the bitter cold November weather at Anzac. Later he developed valvular disorder of the heart and he was returned to Australia during early 1916.

Frederick enlisted again during September 1916 and was in training at Claremont Camp in Tasmania when he he suffered spinal injuries during a swimming accident. He was admitted to a Hobart hospital on the 10 January but died of his injuries almost 4 weeks later.

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