Frederick George HUXLEY MC

HUXLEY, Frederick George

    Service Number: 1119
    Enlisted: 13 April 1915
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
    Born: Currie, King Island, Tasmania, September 1891
    Home Town: Currie, King Island, Tasmania
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Storekeeper
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Apr 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1119, 26th Infantry Battalion
    29 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1119, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
    29 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1119, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    2 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion
    23 Sep 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion
    7 Dec 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), RAF flying school Reading
    9 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Australian Flying Corps (AFC)
    26 Oct 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
    27 Jun 1918: Honoured Military Cross, 20/7/1917, near Marcoing, France - 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He dropped a bomb upon a gun which was being moved to the rear, damaging it and killing three horses; and another bomb on a wagon, which was blown over, two of the personnel and one of the horses being killed. He then engaged a body of 300 troops marching along a road, and scattered them, causing fourteen casualties. Later, having disorganized a large advance party of enemy infantry with bombs and machine gun fire, he shot down an enemy scout. He is a very keen and daring pilot.' 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 95
    12 Jul 1918: Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, No. 2 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, 6th MD, illness - Temp Captain

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