KIRKBY, Frederick John
| Service Number: | 3079 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 August 1915, Enlisted at Warwick Farm. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brentford, Middlesex, England., 4 June 1890 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Signal Fitter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 3 May 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery Grave II. D. 9. INSCRIPTION SLEEP ON DEAR BOY AND TAKE YOUR MUCH NEEDED REST MUM, DAD, BROTHERS |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3079, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Warwick Farm. | |
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| 8 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3079, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 8 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3079, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1890 Kirkby Frederick John Brentford 3a 80
He was 26 and the son of Frederick John and Sarah Ann Kirkby, of 4, Avenue Rd., West Ealing, London, England.
He is remembered on the EALING WAR MEMORIAL.
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Frederick John KIRKBY (Service Number 3079) was born on 4th June 1890 at Ealing, England. From June 1912 he worked for the NSW Government Railways as a labourer in the Signalling Branch in Sydney, and after a brief stint at Campbelltown in January 1914, at Junee. Here in June 1915 he progressed to become Assistant Sectionman. Two months later he was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces.
He enlisted at Warwick Farm on 18th August 1915 and was allotted to the 10th Reinforcements to the 3rd Australian Infantry Battalion. His ‘calling’ was ‘Signal Fitter’. He was not married and named his mother Sarah, living in Ealing, as his next of kin. Kirkby left Sydney on board HMAT ‘Warilda’ on 8th October 1915, reached Egypt before the end of 1915, and was taken on the strength of the Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir on 5th February 1916.
In March he embarked at Alexandria for passage to Marseilles, France and the Western Front. He was wounded in action there between 22nd and 27th July – Pozières. He was discharged from hospital after only a few days and a week later sent to Machine Gun School. By 18th August he was back at the front. In October he was wounded on a second occasion. This time it was a bomb wound to his left knee. He was only a few days away from the front at the 12th Australian Casualty Clearing Station.
On 3rd May 1917 Kirkby was wounded on a third occasion. While he was admitted to the 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, he died the same day. He was buried in Grevillers British Cemetery, France.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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