Frederick Henry LOCKWOOD

Frederick Henry LOCKWOOD Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

LOCKWOOD, Frederick Henry

Service Number:	622
Enlisted:	15 February 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	London, England, 1886
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 15 May 1918
Cemetery:	Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme Plot 111, Row K, Grave 2,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

15 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 622, Melbourne, Victoria
10 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 622, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
10 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 622, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
17 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 622, 6th Machine Gun Company, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW (arm and legs)
15 May 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 622, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion, Merris (France), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 622 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-15

Biography contributed by Carol Foster

"...622 Private Frederick Henry Lockwood, 22nd Battalion, of Harrietville, Vic... Pte Lockwood enlisted on 26 February 1915 and embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ulysses on 8 May 1915. He was killed in action on 15 May 1918 in France, while serving with the 2nd Battalion, Australian Machine Gun Corps." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

Son of Mrs Ettie Lockwood of 294 Gloucester Street, Christchurch New Zealand; husband of Hilda Lockwood, Pollard Street, Bacton, Norfolk, England

24 December 1915 - To hospital with poisoned arm

20 October 1917 - Rejoined unit from wounding

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Upload a Picture

Links and Documents

Research Links

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia