VEAR, Frederick Steadman
| Service Numbers: | 10370, 103888 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Army Troops Company Engineers |
| Born: | Burwood, Victoria, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Camberwell, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Builder |
| Died: | Caulfield, Victoria, Australia, 7 June 1933, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Burwood General Cemetery, Victoria, Australia Area M2, Row B, Grave 356. Commemorated in the Victorian Garden of Remembrance |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 10370, 10th Field Company Engineers, Enlisted at Melbourne Victoria | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 10370, 10th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 10370, 10th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 3 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 16th Field Company Engineers, In England | |
| 11 Oct 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Army Troops Company Engineers, From 16th Field Company Engineers | |
| 28 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 103888, 1st Army Troops Company Engineers, Discharged in London, unit demobilised. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Frederick William Vear and Gertrude Vear nee Hurrey of Trafalgar Road, Camberwell, Victoria. Brother of Kenneth William Vear who was killed in action on 3 October 1917 while serving with the 37th Battalion. Kenneth is buried in the Whitehouse Cemetery, Ypres. Plot 111, Row L, Grave 7.
Between 1907 and 1912 Frederick was apprenticed to J. Jones, builders of South Melbourne
Husband of Ada Evelyn Vear nee Quittenton of Trafalgar Road, Camberwell, Victoria. Frederick and Ada married during 1914c in Victoria
Commenced return to Australia 28 November 1919 aboard SS Celtic via America where he proposed to study reinforced concrete for constructional purposes
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal