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LOCKYER, Fred
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1123 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Perth, Western Australia, 1896 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Repatriation Hospital, Concord, NSW, 8 May 1958, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Macquarie Park Cemetery & Crematorium, North Ryde, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Middle Swan - Swan Boys Orphanage Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 4 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1123, 10th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 30 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1123, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 30 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1123, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Kanowna, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Winifred 'Winnie LOCKYER and unknown
Fred’s name appears on the Swan Native and Half Caste Mission (now Swanleigh) Honour Board where he has the distinction of being the first of the fourteen ‘old boys’ of Aboriginal descent to have enlisted to serve in World War I, and the only one to have served at Gallipoli.