FRIAR, Hubert
| Service Number: | 6084 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Shell, Himbleton, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England., 1892 |
| Home Town: | Strathpine, Moreton Bay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 10 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie Grave I. A. 11., Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 6084, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Marathon embarkation_ship_number: A74 public_note: '' | |
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| 27 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 6084, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Marathon, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Dec 1892 Frier Hubert Droitwich 6c 342
He is commemorated as Hubert Frier inside the Church of St Mary Magdalene in the village of Himbleton, Worcestershire. Himbleton is a village in Worcestershire, England. It lies about 5 miles south-east of Droitwich and 7.5 miles north-east of Worcester.
His surname is spelt Friar on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s Debt of Honour, on his grave marker and in his Army Service Records because he signed his name as Friar. However it is likely that his surname was in fact Frier-which is how his birth was registered; Frier was a common name in Droitwich in the late 19th century.
Hubert enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 4th October 1916 at Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. On his attestation form he gave his place of birth as Worcestershire, England, his age as 23 years 4 months, his address as Strathpine Post Office, Queensland, his occupation as a farmer and his next of kin as his father, George Friar, Shell, Himbleton, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England. On 27th October 1916 Hubert sailed from Brisbane on the “Marathon”, disembarking in Plymouth, England on 9th January 1917. After 5 months in England, during which time he was admitted to hospital with tonsillitis, he proceeded overseas to France from Southampton on 14th June 1917 to reinforce the 25th Battalion. On 29th October 1917 he was wounded in action (gassed) but remained in France. On 12th January 1918 he was admitted to hospital with an abscess on his right hand. This was serious enough for him to be evacuated on the hospital ship Grantully Castle to England, where he was admitted to the 15th Canadian general Hospital at Taplow, Buckinghamshire on 29th January 1918. Once recovered, on 22nd May 1918 Hubert was sent back to France via Folkestone.
He was 25 and the son of George and Sarah Ann Friar, of Shell Himbleton, Droitwich, Worcestershire, England.
A photograph of him can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 7th September 1918, available at Worcestershire Archives.
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