Frederick DALE

DALE, Frederick

    Service Number: 3718
    Enlisted: 13 July 1915
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 59th Infantry Battalion
    Born: North Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Marungi, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
    Schooling: State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Marungi War Memorial, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3718, Depot Battalion
    23 Nov 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3718, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    23 Nov 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3718, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Adelaide
    21 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 8th Battalion to the 59th Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3718, 59th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3718 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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    Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

    Mother replied to Base Records, 7 September 1921:

    ' ... he was in the Big Battle on Somme on the 19 of July 1916 wounded and they were not to take any of the men in from the field for 48 hours as the Germans Batted [bayonetted?] him and berried him alive, were  he fell this is the story I got from the field from a mate of his the name was Fellows. I burnt the letter about a week before I got yours excuse me.'

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