MUSPRATT, Frederic
| Service Number: | 1729 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Beckenham, London, England, 13 October 1897 |
| Home Town: | Woombye, Sunshine Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Southport Grammar School, Queensland |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 6 August 1916, aged 18 years |
| Cemetery: |
Pozières British Cemetery Plot IV, Row L, Grave No. 31. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nambour Heroes Walk, Nambour Maroochy Shire War Dead Memorial, Woombye War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1729, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 3 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 1729, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 1729, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Frederic Muspratt was the oldest of six children and came to Australia from England when he was about 16 years of age. His parents were Frederic and Helen Muspratt. His mother Helen stated on his honour roll circular “He came to Australia in 1913 and was adopted by his uncle and aunt.” From letters written by the aunt from the father’s side, Louisa Fairley, to the AIF, Frederic’s mother was in desperate straits in England, trying to raise her younger children, and the aunt took Frederic in at her home. She sent him to Southport Grammar School and she had a pineapple farm at Woombye in Queensland that he worked at.
From the Red Cross files, a mate gave an account of his death, “Private Muspratt was in a trench in the vicinity of Sausage Gully on the Somme front near Pozieres when he was killed instantly by a German shell. He was buried by members of his platoon the same day as he was killed about August 6th 1916. He was in A. Company.
Muspratt was about 5ft 3ins high, slimly built, aged about 20 years, and was known to his pals as Froggie, and came from Southern Queensland. He could speak French fairly well and was of some assistance to his pals, when the language was required to be spoken.”