PUTNEY, Frederick William
| Service Number: | 2368 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 February 1916, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coonabarabran, New South Wales, Australia , 15 September 1881 |
| Home Town: | Coolah, Warrumbungle Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Coolah Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Hairdresser |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belguim, 12 October 1917, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Plot XVI, Row H, Grave No. 9 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Baulkham Hills William Thompson Masonic School War Memorial, Carrington Connolly Park War Memorial Gates, Coolah Memorial School of Arts HR1, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2368, 36th Infantry Battalion, Newcastle, New South Wales | |
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| 17 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2368, 36th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2368, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Sydney | |
| 30 Aug 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 36th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 36th Infantry Battalion, 1st Passchendaele |
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Medals: British War Medal and Victory Medal
Frederick William PUTNEY was one of 10 children, 7 boys and 3 girls. He was the son of Michael Talbot PUTNEY (Baker & Cordial maker of Coolah, NSW) and Clara Eliza PUTNEY (nee Holland)
Frederick was a hairdresser at the time of enlistment and was married to Alice PUTNEY (nee Sweeney). they had a son Keith Talbot PUTNEY at the time he was killed in action on the Western Front on 12 Oct 1917. He is buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XVI, RowH, Grave No 9, Passchendale, Belguim.
His brother, 2861 Pte. Edward PUTNEY of the 1st Field Bakeery Australian Army Service Corps, was also a casualty of the war, dying from Pneumonia. Edward is buried at St.Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Memorialised at Sandgate Cemetery.
106 years ago today, on the 12th October 1917, 2nd Lieutenant Frederick William Putney, referred to as Frank or Fred, 36th Battalion (Reg No-2368), master hairdresser and tobacconist and Alderman (Carrington Municipal Council), from "Rosena", Robertson Street, Carrington, New South Wales, father of two (Keith Talbot, born 12.11.1911, died 1.8.1993, age 81 and Gordon Maitland, born 10.12.1915, died 21.1.1916, age 1 month), was Killed in Action by an enemy artillery shell at the 1st Battle of Passchendaele, age 36.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Coolah, New South Wales on the 15th September 1881 to Michael Talbot, died 25.9.1911, age 79 and Clara Eliza Putney nee Holland, mother of 8, died 18.2.1911, age 63; husband of Alice Jane Putney nee Swiney (married 1911, St. Peters, N.S.W., died 2.1.1916, Newcastle, N.S.W., age 38) of Robertson Street, Carrington, N.S.W., Frank enlisted on the 29th February 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A30 Borda on the 17th October 1916.
Frank is resting at the Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium. Plot XVI Row H Grave 9.
Many thanks to Eddy Lin for the headstone photo.
Place of Association - Carrington, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Putney’s name has been inscribed on the Carrington Citizens' Memorial Gates, Carrington Municipal District Roll of Honor, Loyal Carrington Lodge, Newcastle District, Manchester Unity No. 148 I.O.O.F. Roll of Honour, Coolah Public School Roll of Honor - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article156892375, Coolah Memorial School of Arts, William Thompson Masonic Schools First World War Memorial, Sydney United Grand Lodge Honour Roll, South Maitland St Paul's Anglican Church Memorial Lichgate Roll of Honour, Book of Gold and The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall.
I have placed poppies at the memorialised Putney gravesite in remembrance of the service and supreme sacrifice of Frank for God, King & Country.
Younger brother Edward (Ted, born 1888?, Coolah, New South Wales, baker from Coolah, New South Wales, enlisted 25.6.1915, 2nd Battalion, Reg No-2861, Died of Disease (lobar pneumonia), 19.3.1917, age 28, 1st Australian Field Bakery, resting at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. Block O Plot VII Row J Grave 2).
Many thanks to Jenny Dalton-Thom for the information and photo sent to me September 2021.
Frederick was my maternal great-uncle and this lovely photo was taken with his son Keith Talbot PUTNEY prior to embarkation in 1916.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
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Lest We Forget.
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