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FREW, Russell
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4180 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woonona, NSW, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Woonona, Wollongong, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Woonona Public School |
| Occupation: | Wheeler |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bulli Great War Memorial, Bulli Roll of Honour, Bulli-Woonona War Memorial , Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4180, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 30 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4180, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4180, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney | |
| 6 Jul 1917: | Involvement Private, 4180, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4180 awm_unit: 2 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-07-06 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs E Frew, Gordon Street, Woonona, New South Wales
Private Russell Frew, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Frew, of Woonona, has met with a sad ending after doing his duty at the front. While on his way home to
Australia he died on the 6th July last from wounds received at Pozieres on July 23rd, 1916.
Mrs. W. Frew, of Gordon-street, Woonona, has received news that her son, Private Russell Frew, who was being invalided home from the front, died when the vessel was in Australian waters. He was about 23 years of age, and was employed at the Bulli colliery.