Frederick Allan CAREY

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CAREY, Frederick Allan

Service Numbers:	1097, V81147
Enlisted:	23 May 1915, Keswick, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Burra, South Australia, 20 March 1892
Home Town:	Kooringa, Burra, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer's Assistant
Died:	War Service related, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, 19 June 1945, aged 53 years
Cemetery:	Footscray Cemetery, Victoria C. of E. Plot. Compt. E. Grave 95. (GRM/3*)
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burra District WW1 Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

23 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1097, 27th Infantry Battalion, Keswick, SA
31 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1097, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
31 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1097, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

9 Oct 1939:	Involvement Private, V81147
9 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V81147
9 Oct 1939:	Enlisted Melbourne, VIC
22 Aug 1940:	Discharged

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Frederick John CAREY and Martha Ann nee SNELL, Kooringa, South Australia

Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

He served at Gallipoli in The Great War as a Private Service Number 1097, with the 27th Battalion, AIF; discharged as Medically Unfit on 4th July 1916 and returned to Australia. He served in WWII as a Lance Corporal, Service Number V81147, in 12 Garrison Battalion, Australian Infantry.

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