WILSHER, Frederick John
| Service Number: | 997 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 41st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Essex, England, United Kingdom, 1898 |
| Home Town: | Gympie, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 21 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Pont-de-Nieppe Communal Cemetery Grave reference: II. D. 10, Pont-de-Nieppe Communal Cemetery, Nieppe, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 41st Battalion Roll of Honour, Gympie & Widgee War Memorial Gates |
World War 1 Service
| 18 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 997, 41st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 997, 41st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
His father was James Wilsher.
Frederick attested March 21st 1916 when he was 18 years and 4 months old. He described himself as a farmer.
He is commemorated on the Stanford-le-Hope war memorial along with Private John Edward Wilsher who lived at 1, Victoria Road, Stanford-le-Hope. Frederick’s sister Amy’s address in England was 2, Victoria Road, Stanford-le-Hope., so there appears to have been a family connection between these two fallen soldiers.
Frederick’s battalion had been raised at Bell’s Paddock Camp in Brisbane in February 1916 with recruits from Brisbane, Northern Queensland and the Northern Rivers District of New South Wales, it forming part of the 11th Brigade of the 3rd Australian Division. After training in Australia and Britain, the 41st Battalion arrived in France from Southampton on 25th November 1916. It entered the front line for the first time on Christmas Eve and spent the bleak winter of 1916-1917 alternating between service in the front line and training and labouring in the rear areas.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1898 Wilsher Frederick John Romford 4a 507
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