Frederick William FRITH

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FRITH, Frederick William

Service Number:	6860
Enlisted:	14 June 1915, Enlisted at Keswick
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Field Ambulance
Born:	Unley Park, South Australia, 13 July 1893
Home Town:	Peterborough (Formerly Petersburg), South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Civil Engineer
Died:	Adelaide, South Australia, 21 March 1982, aged 88 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Adelaide Crown Lands Department WW1 Honour Board, Adelaide St John's Anglican Church Memorial Tablet, North Adelaide Baptist Church Honour Roll, Peterborough Public School Honour Board WW1, Peterborough Roll of Honor WW1, Peterborough War Memorial

World War 1 Service

14 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6860, 8th Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Keswick
14 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6860, 8th Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Keswick
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 6860, 8th Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 6860, 8th Field Ambulance, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
13 Dec 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 6860, 8th Field Ambulance, Discharged as medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Frederick Henry Frith and Christina (nee Broatch) Frith of Petersburgh (Peterborough), SA; brother of Blanche Lesley Firth, Christine Lilian Frith, Ernest Leslie Frith, Reginald Richmond Frith and Jean Alison Frith

On 30 August 1919 Frederick married Jemima Forrest in St John Church, Adelaide

13 June 1918 - commemnced return to Australia on board HT Malta for discharge as medcially unfit due to Neurasthenia

Played football for Petersborough

In October 1935 he was residing at 53 George Street, Botany Bay North, Sydney, NSW and was suffering continual health issues

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