Frederick Julius Bernard ZIEGENBEIN

ZIEGENBEIN, Frederick Julius Bernard

    Service Number: 3973
    Enlisted: 23 July 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 1st Divisional Signal Company
    Born: Newlands, Cape Town, South Africa, 1885
    Home Town: Bohnock, Greater Taree, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Telegraphist
    Died: Heart attack, December 1930, place of death not yet discovered
    Cemetery: Leeton General Cemetery, NSW
    Buried under the name of Frederick Jullous Bernherd Ziegenbein
    Memorials: Taree War Memorial Clock Tower
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3973, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
    30 Dec 1915: Involvement Private, 3973, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
    30 Dec 1915: Embarked Private, 3973, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Sydney
    21 May 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Divisional Signal Company, From 2nd Battalion
    12 Oct 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3973, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Discharged at the 2nd Military District. Services no longer required.

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Next of kin given as a friend Hona Jordan of Bohnock, via Cundletown, NSW later changed to Annie Hayde Grimshaw of Liverpool, NSW.

    Commenced return to Australia on 8 August 1916 aboard HT Marathon disembarking on 24 September 1916 for discharge due to service no longer required as he had been suspected of disloyalty but he was never charged. 

    Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

    During 1919c Frederick married Muriel F. Dyson in Tumut, NSW

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