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GUILLE, Frederick William Ernest
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1738 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 September 1915, 3 years Senior Cadets, 2 years Militia |
| Last Rank: | Signaller |
| Last Unit: | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Enmore, New South Wales, Australia, 2 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Woodford Academy; Newington College, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Wharehouseman |
| Died: | Drowning, Egypt, 25 April 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery H 46 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1738, 1st Light Horse Regiment, 3 years Senior Cadets, 2 years Militia | |
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| 23 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1738, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 23 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1738, 1st Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1916: | Involvement Signaller, 1738, 1st Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1738 awm_unit: 1 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Signaller awm_died_date: 1916-04-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Woodford Academy - National Trust of Australia NSW
Pte (Signaller) Frederick William Ernest Guille
2 March 1895 - 25 April 1916
'Guille, a H.Q. Sig who came back from the School of Instruction with a 1st Class Sig. Certificate last Sunday had the misfortune to get drowned today while swimming his horse a couple of miles from Turh-El-Kheil. His body was recovered about dinner time some distance down from where he was drowned.'
Fred Guille is buried in the Cairo War Cemetery near the Great Cross. He was 21 years old.
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