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RISTER, Frederick Herbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5643 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 May 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brownlow, South Australia, Australia, 19 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Murray Bridge, Murray Bridge, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 March 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Eudunda War Memorial, Eudunda and District WW1 Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 13 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5643, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5643, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5643, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Herman Reinhold Rister and Emma Maria Elizabeth (nee Due and known as Maria) Rister of Mannum, SA, formerly of Murray Bridge, SA; brother of Johannes Ewald Rister
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal