Frederick Henry UPTON

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Service Number:	1312
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Malvern, Victoria, Australia, 1891
Home Town:	Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Compositor
Died:	Redfern, New South Wales, 1 June 1937, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Plot 14, Zone D, Grave 5058
Memorials:

12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1312, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1312, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney

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Address at the time of enlistment was Paddington Street, Paddington, NSW.

Son of John Frederick Upton and Mabel Isabel Upton nee McDonald of Fairbank Road, Toorak, Victoria formerly of Malvern, Victoria.

3 March 1915 - enlisted at Liverpool, NSW, with the 17th Battalion and with the rank of Private.

1 May 1917 = transferred to the 63rd Battalion at Windmill Hill

11 August 1917 - transferred to the 17th Battalion

9 October 1917 - wounded in action. Invalided to England with wounds to the thigh and back on 13 October 1917 aboard HS St. Denis

3 October 1918 - wounded for the second time. Gassed. Invalided to England on 8 October 1918

Commenced return to Australia on 14 January 1919 aboard HT Karmala disembarking on 22 February 1919

Medals: 1914 - 1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

21 June 1919 - discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to gas poisoning.

During 1920c Frederick married Violet M. Sheehan in Paddington, NSW.