MCDERMOTT, Frederick Aylward
| Service Number: | 857 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Rhyd-y-Gors Mansion, Carmarthen, Wales, United Kingdom, 29 June 1876 |
| Home Town: | Wagga Wagga, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Richmond Grammar School, Yorkshire, and at Mannamead College Plymouth |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 7 June 1915, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 15., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 857, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 857, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Frederick was born at Rhyd-y-Gors Mansion, Carmarthen on 29 June 1876, the son of Paymaster Chief Cornelius William McDermott and Mary Ann McDermott. He was educated at Richmond Grammar School, Yorkshire, and at Mannamead College in Plymouth prior to emigrating to Australia in 1910, after having served for six years in the British army. Frederick enlisted at Kensington, NSW on 1 September 1914 into the 1st Battalion, Australian Imperial Force. The battalion formed part of the 1st Brigade, 1st Australian Division, and sailed for Egypt in October 1914. The Australians were supposed to train for service in France, but instead were diverted to Gallipoli, landing on the Peninsula on 25 April 1915. Frederick was killed by a shell which landed at Courtney's Post on 7 June 1915. He was 38 years old, and was buried by his comrades at Shrapnel Gulley. His grave couldn't be located after the war, so Frederick is commemorated on the Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli. Fred’s belongings were collected by his Commanding Officer, Captain Alfred Shout, who was later to win the Military Cross and Victoria Cross at Lone Pine.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He is commemorated on the brass plaque war Memorial at Richmond Grammar School.
http://www.ww1-yorkshires.org.uk/html-files/richmond-grammar-school.htm
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