SPLATT, Frederick Charles William
| Service Number: | 469 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | London, England, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Woodfield, Mansfield, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Colac, Victoria, Australia, 1971, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 27 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 469, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 469, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 469, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 469, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Shell shock | |
| 13 Oct 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 469, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Second occasion. Bullet wound to the shoulder | |
| 18 Jun 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 469, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit due to injury to the spine |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
On 10 June 1959 while living at Murray Street, Colac, Victoria and applying for replacement medals he signed a Statutory Declaration under his full name was Frederick Charles William Splatt and that he served in the WW1 AIF under the name of Frederick Splatt
Address at the time of enlistment was C/- R. donaldson of 'Fairview', Woodfield, Victoria
Son of Charles Splat and Alice Splatt nee Bush of 'Forestation', Edward Road, London, England
Commenced return to Australia on 5 January 1919 aboard Cape Verde disembarking on the 26 February 1920
During 1938 Frederick married Mavis Turner in Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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