Frederick GRAVES

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GRAVES, Frederick

Service Numbers:	1143, 1078
Enlisted:	19 August 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bulphan, Essex, England, June 1887
Home Town:	Mansfield, Mansfield, Victoria
Schooling:	Bulphan Church School
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Helles Memorial, Cape Helles, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Helles Memorial, Gallipoli

World War 1 Service

19 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1143, Melbourne, Victoria
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1143, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1143, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
9 Feb 1915:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 7th Infantry Battalion
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1078, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1078, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Frederick was born in Bulphan, Essex, his birth being registered in Orsett a few miles south of the village.

Births Sep 1887 GRAVES Frederick Orsett 4a 372

He was 27 and a son of John and Emma Graves, of Manor Cottages, Bulphan, Romford, Essex, England. His brother Private James Graves, aged 36, also fell. He died 25th September 1915 whilst serving with the 2nd Bn. Highland Light Infantry and having no known grave, is commemorated on the Loos Memorial.

In the United Kingdom, the brothers are remembered on the war memorial which stands in the churchyard of St Mary the Virgin, Bulphan.

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