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MEAD, Frederick Cecil
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 3591, 3591A |
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Enlisted: | 7 September 1915, Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 53rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Catargo, NSW, 27 October 1895 |
Home Town: | Marrickville, Marrickville, New South Wales |
Schooling: | St. Vincent's School Redfern |
Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
Died: | Killed in Action, Villers Bretonneux, France, 6 April 1918, aged 22 years |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France III Q 8 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
7 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3591, 4th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, NSW | |
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13 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3591, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
13 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3591, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Sydney | |
6 Apr 1918: | Involvement Corporal, 3591A, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3591A awm_unit: 53rd Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1918-04-06 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Charles and Ellen Mead, of 165, Marrickville Rd., Marrickville, New South Wales.
SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIM
Frederick served in Egypt and France and engaged in all battles except Ypres and was killed in action at Viller Bretonneux April6, 1918