Percy Thompson FRICKER

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FRICKER, Percy Thompson

Service Number:	1223
Enlisted:	12 April 1915, Ballarat, Vic.
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Maryborough, Central Goldfields, Victoria
Schooling:	Wendouree State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Pneumonia, Tigne Military Hospital, Malta, 16 November 1915
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Grave D. VI. 3. INSCRIPTION IN MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

12 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1223, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Ballarat, Vic.
10 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1223, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1223, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
18 Jun 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Egypt
19 Oct 1915:	Wounded ANZAC / Gallipoli
16 Nov 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1223, 22nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1223 awm_unit: 22 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-11-16

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Percy Thompson Fricker

Percy Thompson Fricker was born in Maryborough, Victoria 1896 and was the son of William Henry Fricker and Emma Marie Nee Krausgrill. He was a butcher before he enlisted for the First World War, on April 12 1915.

Percy was 19 years old when he signed up for the First World War and was put into the 22nd Australian Infantry Battalion. His service number was 1223 and his rank was Lance Corporal. He was moved to Melbourne for his embarkation on May 10 1915, on the ship HMAT Ulysses A38, and he served in Gallipoli.

Percy died of pneumonia on November 16 1915, in Malta. He is buried in the Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta with two other British servicemen.

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