FURNELL, Frederick
| Service Number: | 511 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 December 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | Railway Unit (AIF) |
| Born: | Emerald Hill, Victoria, Australia, 1887 |
| Home Town: | Ascot Vale, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Swan Chateau, Ypres, Belgium, 19 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 7, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 511, Railway Unit (AIF) | |
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| 19 Feb 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 511, Railway Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Embarked Corporal, 511, Railway Unit (AIF), HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
On 19 September 1917, Frederick Furnell (a married man), a Corporal in the Railway Unit, was visiting his brother, Lieutenant Gilbert James Furnell of the 2nd Australian Pioneers. They in company with others were having dinner in a shack, all that was left of Swan Chateau Ypres, HQ of the 2nd Pioneers, when a 9.5 inch shell struck a nearby tree, exploded and killed 8 of them, including a Major; Frederick died in 20 minutes; his brother Gilbert lived for four hours, dying in a dressing station. They were buried in seperate cemeteries in Belgium. Frederick was the father of two small children, one born after he left Australia.
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