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SPURGEON, Frederick Charles
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 179, 179A |
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Enlisted: | 14 August 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Field Ambulance |
Born: | Maidstone, Kent, England, 28 June 1889 |
Home Town: | Hines Hill, Merredin, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Horse Driver |
Died: | Died of wounds - multiple shrapnel wounds to the hip, 1st General Hospital, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt, 1 June 1915, aged 25 years |
Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave 273, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
14 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 179, 3rd Field Ambulance, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 179A, 3rd Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 179A, 3rd Field Ambulance, HMAT Medic, Fremantle | |
6 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 179, 3rd Field Ambulance, Wounded at Dardenelles | |
1 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 179, 3rd Field Ambulance, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 179 awm_unit: 3 Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-06-01 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Caroline Emma Goad
Next of kin given as his sister Mrs Waller of 'Warner', Hines Hill, WA
Also served in the Middlesex Asylum for 2 years
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal