FREAME, Wykeham Henry
| Service Number: | 764 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1914, Kensington, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Osaka, Japan, 28 February 1885 |
| Home Town: | Glen Innes, Glen Innes Severn, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse Breaker |
| Died: | Natural causes, North Sydney, New South Wales, 27 May 1941, aged 56 years |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales Church of England, D6, Grave 0007 |
| Memorials: | Glen Innes & District Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Kensington, New South Wales | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 764, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 764, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 7 Jan 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Apr 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Infantry Battalion | |
| 3 Jun 1915: | Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal, ANZAC / Gallipoli, On 25 April and subsequently, for displaying the utmost gallantry in taking water to the firing-line although twice hit by snipers. | |
| 4 Jun 1915: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, ANZAC / Gallipoli, For raid upon machine gun at German Officers' Trench, Monash Valley. | |
| 15 Aug 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 764, 1st Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW right arm - fractured elbow | |
| 24 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 764, 1st Infantry Battalion, Port Sydney, Suez for return to Australia medically unfit - arriving 22 July 1916. | |
| 20 Nov 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 764, 1st Infantry Battalion |
WW1
Details provided are taken from the book "Stealth Raiders - a few daring men in 1918" written by WO1 Darryl Kelly, published 2004, refer to chapter 15 pages 94 to 99. Refer also to the detail in the biography attached. He was a great soldier, an inspiration to many others. Served with the 1st Infantry Battalion, and earned the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his services at Gallipoli. Unfortunately, he was heavily wounded there, evacuated to Lemnos and later to the UK. Unfortunately, his wounds were too severe for continued battle, and he was returned to Australia and discharged as medically unfit November 1916. He survived for many years, employed by the Aust Govt as a Japanese interpreter with a Legation, and again had to be repatriated due to continued illness, and died a few weeks later. Rest in Peace Lest we Forget
Submitted 5 February 2020 by Maxwell HILL
Biography
"...764 Sergeant Wykeham Henry 'Harry' Freame, DCM, 1st Battalion, son of an Australian teacher in Japan and Japanese mother, educated in Japan, previously served under Diaz in Mexico, and had been a scout in German East Africa, was probably the most trusted scout at ANZAC." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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