BUCK, Frederick Thomas
| Service Number: | 4286 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Avoca, Victoria, Australia, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Boulder, Kalgoorlie/Boulder, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia, 30 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Western Australia Kalgoorlie Cemetery, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 4286, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company) | |
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| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4286, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 4286, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 4286, 1st Tunnelling Company (inc. 4th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 4286, 3rd Tunnelling Company (inc. 6th Tunnelling Company), HMAT Warilda, Fremantle | |
| 30 Oct 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 4286, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4286 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company awm_rank: Sapper awm_died_date: 1918-10-30 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Frederick Thomas Buck was born at Avoca, Victoria in 1884 to William and Elizabeth Buck. He was mining at Boulder in Western Australia when he enlisted as a single man with his brother John Buck. As a miner he served with the 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company. He was with the unit until 27 December 1916, when he was hospitalised with bronchitis and evacuated to England.
During February 1917, Frederick was diagnosed with pulmonary tuberculosis, which was, in the opinion of the Doctor, was caused by exposure, climate and active service.
Frederick was returned to Australia and disembarked in Fremantle during September 1917. Doctors basically confirmed the diagnosis and he was soon discharged from the AIF and awarded a pension.
He was a patient in the Wooroloo Sanatorium, near Perth, for four months treatment but never recovered his health. Frederick Thomas Buck died on 30 October 1918 aged 34 years and was buried in the Kalgoorlie Cemetery.
His older brother 4285 Sapper John Nicholas Buck also in the 3rd Tunnelling Company died in very similar circumstances, of mining related diseases, in Kalgoorlie, 23 August 1920 aged 44.
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