HERRON, Frederick Joseph
| Service Number: | 2698 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 January 1915, 14th Infantry |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adamstown, New South Wales , 29 April 1898 |
| Home Town: | Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 16 August 1971, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW CATHOLIC 2-42. 59. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2698, 20th Infantry Battalion, 14th Infantry | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2698, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2698, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 31 Aug 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2698, 20th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, GSW left arm, severe | |
| 22 Jul 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2698, 20th Infantry Battalion, Discharged in England to wife. Did not return home with wife Hannah until the 28th December 1922. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
50 years ago today, on the 18th August 1971, Private Frederick Joseph Ranger, (enlisted as HERRON), 20th Battalion (Reg No-2698), labourer and dredge service fireman from Maitland Street, Kurri Kurri, New South Wales and Moore Street, West Maitland, N.S.W. (1923) and the Empire Hotel, Hunter Street, Newcastle, N.S.W. (1938) and 6 Bell Street, Maryville, N.S.W. (1942), father of one? (Emma), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 73. CATHOLIC 2-42. 59.
Born at Adamstown, New South Wales on the 29th April 1898 to John F (or Robert?) and Edith Agnes Ranger of Oakhampton Road, West Maitland, New South Wales and Bourke Street, West Maitland, N.S.W. and 6 Bell Street, Maryville, N.S.W., husband of Hannah Herron nee Bird (married 1922, Nottingham, England, died?), Fred enlisted January 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 22.2.1918 (influenza), and wounded in action - 31.8.1918 (GSW left arm, severe, Battle of Mont Saint-Quentin), Fred was discharged from service on the 22nd July 1920, and did not return home with wife Hannah until the 28th December 1922.
I have not located Mr. Herron or Ranger’s name inscribed on the Kurri Kurri Soldiers' Memorial or any known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
Fred’s name has not been inscribed on the headstone with mother Edith, so February 2021 I placed a cross adorned with poppies on the gravesite, taken a photo of the grave and uploaded the photo onto the Northern Cemetery website as a permanent record of his service.
Did not receive War Medals (forfeited).
Many thanks to John Gillam for the notification and extensive family history, and descendants should contact John and Yvonne in their fight to have Fred’s service medals eligibility restored.
Gary Mitchell: This summary is for my good friends John Gillam and Yvonne Fletcher.
Lest We Forget.
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