PAIGE, Frederick William
| Service Number: | 5631 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tunbridge Wells, Kent. , 1893 |
| Home Town: | Byron Bay, Byron Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | St James Boy's School, England |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (panel 7-17-23)., Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 5631, 20th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 5631, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Sep 1893 Paige Frederick William Tunbridge 2a 692
He was 24 and the son of Frederick Thomas and Esther Lillian Paige of 47 Kirkdale Rd., Tunbridge Wells.
Address- Pier Hotel, Byron Bay, New South Wales
Age at embarkation 23
Enlistment date 6 July 1916
Rank on enlistment Private
20th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/37/3
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 9 September 1916
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular
Was wounded in Gallipoli in 1915 and got his discharge in 1916 but re-enlisted the same year as he wanted to have another go for the old country as he put it and was killed at Ypres. (Mother: Esther Lillian Paige of Kent, England)
He is remembered on the Tunbridge Wells War Memorial.
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