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LIGHT, Frederick

Service Number:	5981
Enlisted:	9 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF
Born:	Wellow, Somersetshire, England, 1890
Home Town:	Noorat, Corangamite, Victoria
Schooling:	Church of England School
Occupation:	Farm hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozières, France, 23 July 1916
Cemetery:	Pozières British Cemetery Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle, Pozieres, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Terang 100th Centenary of Armistice Remembering Our Fallen

World War 1 Service

9 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5981, Melbourne, Victoria
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 5981, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 5981, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 5981, 1st Division Medium and Heavy Trench Mortar Batteries, AIF, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5981 awm_unit: 1st Australian Division Trench Mortars awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1916-07-23

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Frederick LIGHT was born in 1890 at Wellow, Somersetshire, England

His parents were William & Virtue LIGHT