Ernest Leslie FRITH

Ernest Leslie FRITH Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

Service Number:	1896
Enlisted:	26 September 1916, Enlisted at Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Second Class Air Mechanic
Last Unit:	Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
Born:	Fremantle, Western Australia, 1899
Home Town:	Northam, Northam, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Postal Employee
Died:	Western Australia, 4 December 1969, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Commemorate with a ground niche plaque Section ANFC, Position 51 Ashes scattered to the wind at Karrakatta Cemetery
Memorials:	Northam Memorial Hospital

26 Sep 1916:	Enlisted Second Class Air Mechanic, 1896, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Enlisted at Perth, WA
4 Aug 1917:	Involvement 1896, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
4 Aug 1917:	Embarked 1896, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
9 Jul 1919:	Discharged Second Class Air Mechanic, 1896, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), Discharged at 5th Military District

Help us honour Ernest Leslie Frith's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Step-son of Elizabeth Frith, Forrest Street, Northam, WA

6 May 1919 - commenced return to Australia on board HT Kaiser I disembarking on 9 June 1916

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Residential address at the time of death was Bunbury, WA