NEAL, Frederick
| Service Number: | 43 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1916, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 37th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wyuna, Victoria, Australia, February 1896 |
| Home Town: | Undera North, Greater Shepparton, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Undera North State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer - sleeper hewer and carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 28 January 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mooroopna Shepparton News Calendar & Pictorial Honour Roll of Fallen Heroes, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 43, 37th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 3 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 43, 37th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 43, 37th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
From his Red Cross Wounded and Missing file Neal was killed in action during a raid on the German trenches at Houplines by the 37th Battalion on 28 January 1917. The wire was not cut and casualties were heavy, the enemy machine guns opened fire whilst the raiders were trying to get over the wire and they did not get into the enemy trenches. 13 men from the unit were killed during this raid. Neal was seen to be killed by machine gun fire near the wire entanglements.
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Frederick and Charollete NEAL, Undera North, Victoria
Fred Neal went out making a raid on Fritz’s trenches and never came back. There is a faint possibility of his being wounded and a prisoner; but the rest of his party held out no hope of him being alive. His parents can well be proud of him, but I'm afraid that will be small comfort for them in their loss. The army had made men of them, and he was well liked in his company. Fred was especially popular and his pals say he was one of the grandest lads who ever walk ed. I am glad to say they went out game and unafraid, and death loses its sting here, for such as those.
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