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FRY, Howard Charles
| Service Number: | 3115 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 April 1942, Mount Barker, SA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Macclesfield, South Australia, 26 August 1893 |
| Home Town: | Macclesfield, South Australia, Mount Barker, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Unknown. Aged 56 years, Mount Barker, South Australia, 1950 |
| Cemetery: |
Wistow Zion Hill Cemetery Row D, Plot 2 |
| Memorials: | Macclesfield ANZAC Memorial Gardens, Macclesfield Football Club Pictorial Honour Roll, Macclesfield Honour Roll WW1, Macclesfield War Memorial, Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3115, 9th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Clan MacCorquodale, Adelaide | |
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| 5 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3115, 9th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan MacCorquodale embarkation_ship_number: A6 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3115 |
World War 2 Service
| 23 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Mount Barker, SA |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Cornerstone College
Charles was born in Macclesfield, South Australia on the 26th of August 1893. He was 5 foot 5 and weighed about 146 pounds. He had brown hair and brown eyes. He was not married when he signed up for the army. Before his army life, he was a full-time labourer as his job and part of the Anglican Church. He later moved to Mount Barker before registering for the armyat the age of 23 years.
Charles enlisted on 23 April 1917 and Embarked on 2/5/1917. He was a part of the 9th Light Horse Regiment. During the war, he got admitted to the hospital due to influenza and sore legs. Many doctors and medical documents surround his injury. He wanted to go back to war afterwards but stayed on standby for the rest of WW1 because they didn’t let him return due to his injuries and high risk of death.
He later enlisted for WW2 and served on Australian soil. The cause of death is unknown and he died aged 56, 1950.
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