FRY, James
| Service Number: | 6338 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 June 1916, Geelong, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Inverleigh, Victoria, Australia, 1875 |
| Home Town: | Inverleigh, Golden Plains, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Inverleigh State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 3 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial at Panels 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31. , Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inverleigh & District Residents Roll of Honor, Inverleigh Parish of Inverleigh Honor Roll, Inverleigh State School Roll of Honor, Inverleigh War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6338, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Geelong, Vic. | |
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| 23 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6338, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6338, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6338, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Menin Road | |
| 3 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6338, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 42 and the son of Charles and Mary Ann Fry.
He is one of three Australian casualties of the Great War honoured on the Brixham War Memorial, but his connection to Brixham is unknown.
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Next of kin Brother, Charles Fry, Inverleigh, Victoria
Enlistment date 29 June 1916 Private 22nd Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 23 November 1916-he was then apparently 41.
He is honoured at Panel 3 on the Brixham War Memorial in Devon. He was apparently born in Brixham but this information conflicts with the records published by the NAA, CWGC and the AIF Project. Other Australian Great War Casualties remembered on the Brixham war memorial include 3237 Lance Corporal William Henry Srodzuski Pearce of the 4th Battalion, the Australian Machine Gun Corps and 6030 Private William John Ackrall of the 17th Bn., Australian Infantry, A.I.F.
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