HORSFIELD, Frederick
| Service Number: | 3090 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1915, Place of enlistment - Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 55th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1889 |
| Home Town: | North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tramway Controller |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 20 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Croix-du-Bac British Cemetery, Steenwerck Plot I, Row A, Grave 2, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, North Sydney Tramways Pictorial Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3090, Place of enlistment - Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3090, 17th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A29' Suevic from Sydney on 20th December 1915, disembarking Egypt. | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 55th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3090, 55th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMT Caledonian from Alexandria, Egypt on 19th June 1916, disembarking Marseilles, France on 29th June 1916 to join British Expeditionary Force. | |
| 20 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3090, 55th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in action, gun shot wound to head, admitted to 14th Field Ambulance but succumbed to his wounds on the same day. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Surname incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as HORSEFIELD.
HORSEFIELD.- Private Frederick Horsefield, died of wounds, July 20, 1916, received in France, son of Mrs. Horsefield, of North Sydney, late of the North Sydney Tramway Dept.
He died for his country.
Inserted by the electrical staff of North Sydney Tramway Dept.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Frederick HORSFIELD (Service Number 3090) was born on 3rd May 1889 in Goulburn. In January 1908 he joined the Tramways at North Sydney as a cleaner. In 1910 he was reclassified as a general labourer. In January 1912 he was transferred to the Dowling Street depot. A month later he became a pitman’s assistant. At the end of that year, he became a ‘controllerman’ at North Sydney. He transferred in the same capacity to Sydney early in 1913. In August 1915 he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF in Sydney.
He was sent to Egypt with reinforcements and initially allotted to the 17th Battalion He was transferred to the 55th Battalion in February 1916 and in June he was sent to France with them.
On 20th July 1916 he was wounded in action. He died of his wounds (gunshot to head) the same day at the 14th Field Ambulance. He was buried in Bac St Mawr cemetery, which is located four miles WSW of Armenti res.
A war pension was granted to his mother.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
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