Frederick Gideon ENGLAND

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ENGLAND, Frederick Gideon

Service Number:	4107
Enlisted:	15 November 1915, Casula
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	20th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	North Ryde, Ryde, New South Wales
Schooling:	Bondi School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Poultry Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, United Kingdom, 11 October 1916
Cemetery:	Wandsworth (Earlsfield) Cemetery, London England
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

15 Nov 1915:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 4107, 20th Infantry Battalion, Casula
11 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4107, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: ''
11 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4107, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orsova, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Peter Rankin

An epitaph written by his mother reads-

COULD I HIS MOTHER CLASPED HIS HAND,

THE SON I LOVED SO WELL,

OR KISSED HIS BROW WHEN DEATH WAS NEAR,

AND WHISPERED MY SON FAREWELL.

Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Frederick Gideon ENGLAND was born in Woollahra, Sydney in 1897

His parents were John ENGLAND and Alice DYKE who married in 1895

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