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FREAK, Harold
| Service Number: | 6250 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 June 1916, at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gladstone South Australia, 20 April 1893 |
| Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Wicker worker |
| Died: | Circumstances of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: | Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Gawler War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6250, 10th Infantry Battalion, at Adelaide | |
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| 28 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 6250, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 6250, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide | |
| 16 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6250, 27th Infantry Battalion, GSW left hand (finger amputated) | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 6250, 27th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Saint Ignatius' College
Harold Freak was born on 20th of April 1893 in Gladstone, South Australia. Harold grew up at 38 Gilles street, this house has now been rebuilt and is directly across from Pulteney Grammar School in 1898.
After leaving school Harol was employed as a wicker worker. He enlisted in the AIF as a 23-year-old in June 1916. He had no previous military experience. He embarked for England on the Anchises on 28 August 1916 and arrived at Plymouth on 11th November. He was transferred to the 27th Battalion and joined on 1 January 1917. On 16 February 1917 he was severely wounded in the left hand which required an amputation of his finger. However, he was classed as still able to fight and, after recovery and additional training, rejoined his unit in the field on 8 November 1917 (meaning he missed the severe fighting of Third Ypres). He served out the war without further incident and embarked to return to Australia on 7 September 1919. He was discharged from the AIF on 14 December 1919.
Little information is available about Harold's life after the war.