RENNIE, Frederick (Fred)
| Service Number: | 95 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia, 6 August 1886 |
| Home Town: | Heddon Greta, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 15 November 1915, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row C, Grave 6 Headstone inscription reads: Have mercy upon him Lord and let perpetual light shine upon him |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kurri Kurri War Memorial, Maitland Heddon Greta Honor Board |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 95, 2nd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC), Enlisted at Randwick, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 95, 2nd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 95, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin was given as his grandmother Mrs Rennis of Hamilton, Newcastle, NSW following her death the next of kin was changed to his aunt and foster mother Sarah Anne Frost
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Prior to enlisted he had served 28 days in prison for taking part in a strike riot
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
An Original Anzac awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 15th November 1915, Private Frederick Peter Rennie, referred to as Fred, 2nd Battalion (Reg No-95), miner from Heddon Greta, New South Wales, was Killed in Action during the Gallipoli Campaign, age 29. Cause of death not stated.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Quirindi, New South Wales on the 6th August 1886 to ? and Bridget Rachel Rennie (died 27.5.1911, Cessnock, N.S.W. as Rachel Rennie); grandson of Mrs Sarah Rennie of Hamilton, N.S.W. (died 22.5.1915, Newcastle, N.S.W., no death of funeral notice located, sleeping here), also Sarah Ann Frost nee Rennie (Annie, aunt & foster mother), died 7.8.1951, Wallsend, N.S.W., age 82, sleeping at CATHOLIC 2-55. 83, also wooden cross, of Bruce & Dumaresq Streets, Cooks Hill, N.S.W. and 541 Hunter Street West, Newcastle, N.S.W. and 27 Fleming Street, Wickham, N.S.W. and Lake Road, Wallsend, N.S.W., Fred enlisted on the 19th August 1914 at Randwick, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A23 Suffolk on the 18th October 1914.
Wounded in action - 25.4.1915 (GSW? foot), 14.8.1915 (septic hand).
Fred is resting at Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey. Plot II Row C Grave 6.
Place of Association - Greta, New South Wales, Australia.
Mr. Rennie’s name has been inscribed on the Greta Soldiers' Obelisk, Heddon Greta Honor Board and the Kurri Kurri War Memorial.
There is no headstone at the gravesite of Grandmother Sarah Rennie to tell us of the loss of her Grandson during The Great War, so September 2021 I erected a Memorial cross adorned with poppies in remembrance of Fred’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. CATHOLIC 1-08. 10.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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