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FREESTONE, Benjamin Alfred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2659 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 8 May 1882 |
| Home Town: | Long Gully, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 7 November 1916, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Long Gully St. Matthews Anglican Church Honor Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2659, 21st Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic. | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2659, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Moldavia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2659, 21st Infantry Battalion, RMS Moldavia, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2659, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 4 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2659, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2659, 21st Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm | |
| 7 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2659, 21st Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Aged 33 years, Pte Freestone enlisted on 16 July 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Moldavia on 5 October 1915. He was killed in action on 7 November 1916 at Flers, France.
His brother-in-law, 3867 Sergeant Arthur Strahan MM, A Company, 57th Battalion, was killed in action on 20 July 1916.
Souce: AWM
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