Frederick Christian William BALLERUM

BALLERUM, Frederick Christian William

    Service Numbers: 695, 6837
    Enlisted: 11 August 1914
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 8th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1882
    Home Town: Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Engineer
    Died: Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gundagai War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)
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    World War 1 Service

    11 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 695, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps
    19 Aug 1914: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 695, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , HMAT Ballarat - Sydney
    25 Jan 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6837, 18th Infantry Battalion
    17 Nov 1916: Involvement Private, 6837, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
    17 Nov 1916: Embarked Private, 6837, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Frederick Christian William BALLERUM was born in Sydney , NSW in 1882

    His parents were Frederick Jensen BALLERUM & Louisa NADAULD who married in Sydney in 1880

    He married Ethel ASHDOWN in Sydney in 1914 - one son Christian Frederick William who served during WW2 and was discharged on 11th May, 1944 (Service No. NX58998 )

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