REES, Frederick
| Service Number: | 7120 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 August 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Penygraig, Wales, England , February 1882 |
| Home Town: | Minmi, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Wounds, France, 17 October 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen Block S, Plot II, Row M, Grave No. 16 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Minmi Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Aug 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7120, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Dec 1917: | Involvement Private, 7120, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Dec 1917: | Embarked Private, 7120, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen Soldier of The Great War whose name has been inscribed on the Minmi Roll of Honour.
On the 17th October 1918, Private Frederick Rees, 18th Battalion (Reg No-7120), miner from Minmi, New South Wales, Died of Wounds at the 6th General Hospital, Rouen, France, age about 36.
No Roll of Honour circular summited.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Penygraig, Wales, England possibly February 1882 to Richard and ? Rees from 9 Hoskins Street, Penygraig, Wales, Fred enlisted on the 30th August 1917, stated age 35 years 6 months, at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on the 19th December 1917.
Disembarked Suez, Egypt 16.1.1918.
Embarked for England 12.2.1918.
Disembarked Southampton, England 13.2.1918.
Proceeded O/Seas to France from Folkestone, England 3.6.1918.
Admitted to hospital 20.6.1918 (Pyrexia of Unknown Origin).
Wounded in action - 4.10.1918 (GSW abdomen).
Fred is resting at St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France. Block S Plot II Row M Grave 16.
https://www.cwgc.org/.../casualty.../27402/frederick-rees/.
Place of Association - Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Should be Minmi.
Mr. Rees's name has been inscribed on the Minmi Roll of Honour - not designated as Fallen, should have been the 19th name.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
Lest We Forget.
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