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RENNIE, Frederick (Fred)
Personal Details
| 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, 6 August 1886 |
| Home Town: | Heddon Greta, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 15 November 1915, aged 29 years |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery Plot 11, Row C, Grave 6 Headstone inscription reads: Have mercy upon him Lord and let perpetual light shine upon him, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Heddon Greta Honor Board, Kurri Kurri War Memorial |
Service History
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 | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 95, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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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