Frederick Patrick CAHILL

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CAHILL, Frederick Patrick

Service Numbers:	1892, 2307
Enlisted:	1 April 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	59th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Goodwood, South Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 26 September 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

1 Apr 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1892, 57th Infantry Battalion
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2307, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
1 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2307, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne
16 Feb 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion
Date unknown:	Involvement 2307, 59th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Frederick noted on enlisting that his parents were deceased and his next of kin was his sister, Alice Nash.

He was killed in action during the advance on Polygon Wood in Belgium. His mates stated he climbed on top of a pillbox to fire his Lewis gun at the enemy and was eventually fatally hit by a sniper.

He was buried near where he fell but his remains were lost. His sister noted on his roll of honour form that he had a stepbrother also killed, 731 Private Albert Roach 43rd Battalion AIF, who lost had his life some three months before at Messines, Belgium.

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