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DARCY, Frederick Osborne
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5999 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 February 1916, Royal Agricultural Society Grounds, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 30 June 1884 |
| Home Town: | Barraba, Tamworth Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor Driver |
| Died: | Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 2 February 1961, aged 76 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Barraba Clifton's Ltd Pictorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5999, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Royal Agricultural Society Grounds, Sydney | |
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| 22 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5999, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5999, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney | |
| 9 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5999, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Shrapnel wounds head (right eye), back, right thigh and buttock. | |
| 27 Aug 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5999, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMNZT Pakeha, Plymouth for invaliding to Australia - disembarking Sydney 25 October 1917. | |
| 21 Dec 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5999, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit |
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