HUNTRISS, Frederick
| Service Number: | 2930 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Newcastle New South Wales, Australia, January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Islington, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Islington, New South Wales, Australia, 8 March 1949, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW Presbyterian, Section 21SW, Lot 16 |
| Memorials: | Hamilton Loco Employees Great War Honour Roll, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2930, 2nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2930, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2930, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Sydney | |
| 23 Oct 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2930, 2nd Infantry Battalion, MU Synovitis right knee |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
73 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 9th March 1949, Private Frederick Huntriss, 2nd Battalion (Reg No-2930), fireman from 44 Chinchen Street, Islington, New South Wales and 8 Bevan Street, Islington, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 55. PRESBYTERIAN-21SW. 18.
Born at Merewether, New South Wales on the 19th December 1894 to Frederick and Janet Brown Huntriss, Fred enlisted July 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 10.7.1916 (synovitis left knee), 10.10.1916 (synovitis right knee), 27.3.1917 (influenza), 24.4.1917 (synovitis right knee).
Older brother Alexander Hughes (30th Battalion, Reg No-2936, born 1891, Merewether, N.S.W., KIA 18.11.1917) memorialised same location.
Fred returned home invalided (recurrent synovitis right knee), and was discharged medically unfit on the 23rd October 1917.
Mr. Huntriss’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton Loco Employees Roll of Honour (photos, unveiled on the 8th October 1916, 76 names originally inscribed, 97 names now inscribed, only 8 designated as Fallen) and the Wickham Municipal District Roll of Honour Board (1).
Fred’s headstone plaque gives us no indication of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of his sacrifice for God, King & Country, and poppies for the ultimate sacrifice of Fred’s brother Alexander.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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