MITCHELL, Frederick James
| Service Number: | 6851 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hawthorn, Vic., 1887 |
| Home Town: | St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Melbourne C of E Grammar School |
| Occupation: | Farm Hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 27 March 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Berks Cemetery Extension II A 46, Berks Cemetery Extension, Wallonie, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Albury St. Matthew's Anglican Church War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 11 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 6851, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
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| 11 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 6851, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
FREDERICK JAMES MITCHELL who was killed in action in France on 27th March 1918 was the son of Mr. F. J. Mitchell. He was born in 1887 and was at the School in 1901, and on leaving went into the office of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company for some time. He then went to West Australia, where he was on the land.
He enlisted in West Australia, but was transferred to Victoria and sailed from here. He was in the 22nd Battalion, 6th' Brigade. He did not at any time entertain the idea of promotion and was a fighter pure and simple, out to " do his bit " and then go back to the land; but when in a front line trench in front of Warneton he was killed instantly.
He was buried at Red Lodge Cemetery, Belgium.
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