GARTUNG, Frederick
| Service Numbers: | 5385, 1718, 1718A |
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| Enlisted: | 15 January 1916, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 28th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hornsby, New South Wales, Australia, 1900 |
| Home Town: | Galston, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Galston Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Orchardist |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 November 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Galston War Memorial, Norwest Mitchell Remembers Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Jan 1916: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 5385, 4th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 14 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5385, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 14 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5385, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1718, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 6 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1718, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Fremantle | |
| 3 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 1718A, 28th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1718A awm_unit: 28 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-11-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Peter Rankin
He enlisted as a 15 year old, and was only 16 years old at time of death. A family epitaph for him reads,
HE'D SCARCELY LEFT HIS CHILDHOOD,
THOUGH HE GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE,
HE HAD NOT REACHED HIS MANHOOD,
THOUGH HE LIES IN A HERO'S GRAVE.
His older brothers served, Private Fedor Gartung. 1078. 4th Battalion, died of wounds on the 12th September 1918.
And Private Leopold Gartung. 5544. 20th Battalion, survived the war.
Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Frederick GARTUNG was born in Hornsby, Sydney in 1900
His parents were Anton Heinrich GARTUNG & Susan CURRAN who married in Sydney in 1890
He enlistesd in Liverpool on 15th January 1916 and embarked from Sydney on 14th April, 1916 on the HMAT Ceramic and was disembarked at Fremantle on 20th April, 1916 due to sickness
He embarked for the 2nd time on 6th June, 1916 from Fremantle, Western Australia on the ship Suevic
Frederick was Killed in Action on 3rd November, 1916 - no known grave
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Villers Bretonneux Memorial
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