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TREGOWETH, Frederick Joseph Arthur
| Service Number: | 1996 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woodside, South Australia, 13 September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Mount Barker District High School |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | 10 February 1947, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia Road 2 Path 24 E 7 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide High School Honour Board, Eudunda Arch Gates, South Australian Education Department Roll of Honour, Woodside District of Onkaparinga Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 13 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, SN 1996, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, SN 1996, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded SN 1996, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 48th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières |
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Recommended for Victoria Cross - Award the Distinguished Conduct Medal
'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When all communications were interrupted, he went back mending the line in six places, and delivered a message to battalion headquarters. He then went forward mending the line, which had again been broken. Later, he volunteered to take a message over 200 yards of open ground swept by machine gun fire, and, although wounded several times, struggled on and delivered his message.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 15
Date: 4 February 1919
His twin brother, 2033 Pte Thomas Alfred John Tregoweth also of the 48th Battalion returned to Australia in March 1919.
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