WOOLFITT, Frederick Norman Maurice
Service Number: | 2014 |
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Enlisted: | 7 March 1916, Adelaide South Australia Australia |
Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Lillimur Victoria Australia, 1893 |
Home Town: | Strathalbyn, Alexandrina, South Australia |
Schooling: | Unknown |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Villers-Bretonneux Picardie France, 25 April 1918 |
Cemetery: |
Adelaide Cemetery Villers-Bretonneux, France (III. G. 15.) Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Adelaide Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kaniva Serviceton Roll of Honor, Strathalbyn Christ Church Honour Board, Strathalbyn Christ Church Lance Corporal Fred Woolfitt Memorial Plaque, Strathalbyn District Roll of Honor WW1, Strathalbyn District Roll of Honor WW1, Strathalbyn RSL Hall Honour Board, Strathalbyn War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
7 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2014, 50th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide South Australia Australia | |
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13 Jul 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2014, 50th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' |
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20 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line | |
20 Mar 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2014, 50th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line | |
2 Apr 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2014, 50th Infantry Battalion, Noreuil | |
25 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2014, 50th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood | |
24 Apr 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2014, 50th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Frederick Norman Maurice WOOLFITT was born in Lillimur, Victoria in 1893
His parents were John WOOLFITT & Mary Jane FULLER
Biography
Lance Corporal (L Cpl) Frederick Norman Maurice Woolfitt, 50th Battalion from Strathalbyn, South Australia.
A 23 year old farmer prior to enlisting on 7 March 1916, he embarked for overseas as a Private with the 3rd Reinforcements for the 50th Battalion from Adelaide on 13 July 1916 aboard HMAT Seang Bee.
Following further training in England, he joined the 50th Battalion in France on 7 February 1917 and was wounded in action at Noreuil on 2 April. Despite his wounds he carried on fighting and was awarded a Military Medal for his bravery. After being evacuated to England for medical treatment, he recovered and rejoined the battalion at the end of August 1917.
He was wounded in action on the second occasion at Westhoek Ridge, Belgium on 29 September 1917. Two months later, he rejoined the battalion and was promoted to Lance Corporal on 17 January 1918.
L Cpl Woolfitt, MM was killed in action at Villers-Bretonneux, France on 25 April 1918 and buried in the Adelaide Cemetery at Villers-Bretonneux.
Information from AWM image caption.