HART, Frederick
| Service Number: | 1224 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 17th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stoneham, Suffolk, England, June 1885 |
| Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tramway Linesman's Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Annandale War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 1224, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 7 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 1224, Light Trench Mortar Batteries, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 1224, 17th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1224 awm_unit: 17th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-20 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Frederick HART (Service Number 1224) was a temporary linesmen’s labourer in the Electrical Branch of the Tramways, employed at Leichhardt.
He was born at Stoneham, Suffolk, England, about June 1885. At the time of his enlistment at the RAS Showgrounds in May 1916, he was married, to Emily.
He left Australia from Sydney aboard HMAT ‘Ceramic’ on 7th October 1916, reaching Plymouth (England) on 21st November. Initially attached to the 2nd Light Trench Mortar Brigade, he was transferred to the 17th Battalion and went overseas to France in April 1917, He joined his unit on 2nd May.
He was killed in action on 20th September 1917 in Belgium. He was buried in the vicinity of Westhoek, Anzac Ridge, Passchendaele, though this place was never properly recorded and could not be located later. He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders.
It would appear that Frederick and Emily Hart had no children as the only record is of a pension to Emily. Hart’s brother would also seem to have died in the war, serving in the British military, as that man’s widow contacted the Australian authorities in 1967 seeking an address for Emily.
- based on notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board