Frederick TICKNER

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TICKNER, Frederick

Service Number:	2171
Enlisted:	19 September 1915, Newcastle, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	30th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Epsom, Surrey, England, June 1885
Home Town:	Waratah, Newcastle, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Brickmaker
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Waratah Memorial Gates

World War 1 Service

19 Sep 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2171, Depot Battalion , Newcastle, New South Wales
16 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2171, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney
16 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2171, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
23 Mar 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2171, 30th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Suez, Egypt
16 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2171, 30th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Hororata"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2171, 30th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2171, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
20 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2171, 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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Biography contributed by VWM Australia

Private Frederick Tickner, originally from Epsom, Surrey, England, one of 6 children to James and Mary Tickner. Older brother Herbert Methuen Tickner and younger brother Alfred James Tickner also served during the war. 73793 Private Herbert Tickner served with the British Army Service Corps, her survived the war and passed in 1953. Younger brother 230948 Petty Officer Alfred Henry James Tickner was Killed In Action while serving on the H.M.S. "Louvain" in the Aegean Sea in 1918, he was aged 29 years.

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