Fedor GARTUNG

GARTUNG, Fedor

Service Number: 1078
Enlisted: 28 September 1914, Sydney
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Hornsby, Sydney, New South Wales, 1895
Home Town: Galston, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Schooling: Galston Public School
Occupation: Bread Carter
Died: Died of wounds, France, 12 September 1918
Cemetery: La Chapelette British and Indian Cemetery, Peronne
Plot III, Row B, Grave 7, La Chapelette British and Indian Cemetery, Peronne, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Galston War Memorial, Norwest Mitchell Remembers Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

28 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1078, 4th Infantry Battalion, Sydney
20 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 1078, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 1078, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Fedor GARTUNG was born in Hornsby, NSW in 1895

His parents were Anton Heinrich GARTUNG & Susan CURRAN who married in Sydney in 1890

He enlisted in Sydney on 28th September, 1914 & embarked from Sydney with the 4th Infantry Battalion, F CCompany on 20th October, 1914 on the HMAT Euripedes

Fedor died of wounds at the 53rd Clearing Station on 12th September, 1918 and is buried in the La Chapelette British & Indian Cemetery - his name is memorialised on the Austrlaian War Memorial & the Galston War Memorial

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Two of his brothers also served during WW1

1. Frederick GARTUNG (SN 5385)  killed in action 3rd November, 1916

2. Leopold GARTUNG (SN 554) returned to Australia in 1920

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