MANION, Frederick
| Service Number: | 877 |
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| Enlisted: | 23 December 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 6th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Cardigan, Wales, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Millers Point, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Died of wounds - shock following amputation of a leg, 1st Australian General Hospital, Cairo, Egypt, 26 November 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row D, Grave 206 Rev. E. Jellicoe Rogers officiated, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 877, 6th Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 17 Mar 1915: | Involvement Private, 877, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Mar 1915: | Embarked Private, 877, 6th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Trooper, 6th Light Horse Regiment, In the field | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Trooper, 877, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wound to the left thigh invalided to Cairo on board HS Somali on 19 November 1915 | |
| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Trooper, 877, 6th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 877 awm_unit: 6 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-11-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Address at the time of enlistment was C/- E.W. Jones of Merriman Street, Miller's Point, NSW
Son of Patrick Manion of Aberystrwth, Wales. Brother of H. Manion of Tasmania and M Manion of NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Birth record not found.
Frederick was born in 1893, the son of Patrick and Elizabeth Manion, of Llangwyryfon. He emigrated to Australia prior to the war, working as a Station Hand, before enlisting at Liverpool, NSW on 23 December 1914 into the 6th Light Horse Regiment. Frederick landed at Gallipoli on 6 August 1915 as part of the 4th reinforcements to the 6th Light Horse, and would have taken part in the famous charge at Lone Pine. On 18 November 1915 Frederick was badly wounded, and evacuated by Hospital Ship to Cairo, where he underwent an operation to amputate his badly damaged leg. Frederick died of shock during the amputation, on 26 November 1915. He was 24 years old, and was buried by the Reverend E. Jellicoe Rogers at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.
He is remembered on the Llangwyryfon War Memorial
Llangwyryfon lies on the B4576, about eight miles south of Aberystwyth, in the valley of the River Wyre. The Parish Church is dedicated to Saint Ursula and the eleven thousand virgins. The men of the Parish who fell during both World Wars are commemorated on a black marble War Memorial, which stands in the Churchyard.
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