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DENNISON, Frederick
| Service Number: | 1932 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 May 1915, At sea aboard HMAT A20 Honorata |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Poplar, London, England, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ships Fireman |
| Died: | 7 July 1965, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Location: Derrick Gardens, Path 32, Grave 47A |
| Memorials: | Wangaratta and District Victory Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1932, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
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| 17 Apr 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1932, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 11 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, At sea aboard HMAT A20 Honorata | |
| 21 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1 |
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Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Father Frank DENNISON, 26 Bloomfield Street, Poplar, London, England.
Previous military service five years with the Royal Navy.
He married Mary Caroline HARRIS on the 28th Jan 1918 in London, England.
He was discharged from the AIF in London on the 21 Oct 1918, in consequence of being medically unfit for further military service.
News (Adelaide, SA: 1923 - 1954) Monday 24 April 1950
At Sea
In tomorrow's Anzac Day march will be probably the only man who ever enlisted in the AIF while at sea. He is Mr. Frederick Dennison, of Eden Hills.
An Englishman who'd come here as stoker in a passenger ship, he stowed away in the troopship Horata when it left Melbourne for Egypt in May, 1915. He got a uniform and mixed with the soldiers. Then when the ship was at sea he gave himself up, saying "I want to enlist." He was thereupon enlisted in the 14th Battalion. He fought on Gallipoli, and before he was finally put out of action in October, 1918, was wounded three times and buried once. (A dug- out was blown on top of him). He won the Military Medal.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article130337733
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