FRAUENFELDER, Everard Sylvester Francis
| Service Number: | 5591 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 April 1916, Enlisted at Cootamundra. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Albury, New South Wales, Australia, 2 May 1896 |
| Home Town: | Albury, Albury Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Albury Grammar School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Railway Porter |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 29 September 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mont Huon Military Cemetery, le Treport, France |
| Memorials: | Albury Grammar School Honour Roll, Albury St. Patrick's Church Memorial Gates, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5591, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Cootamundra. | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5591, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5591, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5591, 18th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wounds to the head at the Battle of Menin Road in Belgium. Died of wounds in hospital in France on 29th September 1917. |
Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board
Everard Sylvester Francis (Bo) FRAUENFELDER, was born in Albury, NSW, on 2 May 1896. His parents were Charles and Martha Jane Frauenfelder of Albury and he attended Albury Grammar School. He joined the NSWGR&T as a junior porter in the Junee District of the Railways Traffic Branch on 26 January 1912. On 14 March 1916 he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces.
He joined the AIF at Cootamundra on 1 April 1916.
On 20 September 1917, during the Battle of Menin Road, near Ypres in Belgium, Bo was wounded in action, with gunshot wounds to the head. He died of his wounds in hospital in France on 29 September 1917.
Depositions in his Red Cross Enquiry File describe the circumstances of his death: ‘The above-mentioned man as admitted to this hospital [16 (Phila. U.S.A.) Gen. Hospital] on 23.9.17 having been wounded two days previously. He had a scalp wound on the left side of the head. On admission he was conscious, was unable to speak, but was not otherwise paralysed. He was slightly irrational. He did not improve, and on 25.9.17 he was operated upon. A large fracture of the skull, with blood clots pressing on the brain, was found. The clots were cleared out, but the patient’s condition did not improve and he gradually sank and died on 29.9.17. He was conscious till near the end and had little pain.’
Submitted 11 July 2023 by John Oakes
Biography contributed by John Oakes
Everard Sylvester Francis (Bo) FRAUENFELDER, was born in Albury, NSW, on 2nd May 1896. His parents were Charles and Martha Jane Frauenfelder of Albury. He attended Albury Grammar School. He joined the NSW Government Railways and Tramways as a junior porter in the Junee District of the Railways Traffic Branch on 26th January 1912.
On 14th March 1916 he was granted leave to join the Expeditionary Forces. He joined the AIF at Cootamundra on 1st April 1916 using the name Bo Frauenfelder. He was posted to the 15th Reinforcements to the 18th Infantry Battalion with the rank of Private (Service Number 5591). He nominated his father as his next of kin.
Bo embarked for England aboard HMAT A14 ‘Euripides’ at Sydney on 9th September 1916 and disembarked at Plymouth, England, on 26th October 1916. After a period of training in England he was sent to France on 13th December 1916. After transiting the 2nd Australian Division Base Depot at Etaples he joined the 18th Infantry Battalion in the field in northern France on 24th January 1917. He was on duty with his unit for the next eight months except for the period from 28th February to 16th March 1917 when he was in hospital suffering from trench feet. On 20th September 1917, during the Battle of Menin Road, near Ypres in Belgium, Bo was wounded in action with gunshot wounds to the head. He died of his wounds in hospital in France on 29th September 1917.
Depositions in his Red Cross Enquiry File describe the circumstances of his death: ‘The above-mentioned man as admitted to this hospital [16 (Phila. U.S.A.) Gen. Hospital] on 23.9.17 having been wounded two days previously. He had a scalp wound on the left side of the head. On admission he was conscious, was unable to speak, but was not otherwise paralysed. He was slightly irrational. He did not improve, and on 25.9.17 he was operated upon. A large fracture of the skull, with blood clots pressing on the brain, was found. The clots were cleared out, but the patient’s condition did not improve and he gradually sank and died on 29.9.17. He was conscious till near the end and had little pain.’
Bo’s grave is in Mont Huon Military Cemetery, Le Treport, Haute-Normandie, France. After his death his mother was granted a dependant’s pension of 35 shillings per fortnight, with effect from 9th December 1917.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board