Frederick John LEE

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Service Number:	265
Enlisted:	9 November 1914
Last Rank:	Company Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Dublin, Ireland, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Wesley College and Mathgar School, Ireland
Occupation:	Sailor
Died:	Killed in Action, Flers / Guedecourt - France, 14 November 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial

9 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 265, 19th Infantry Battalion
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 265, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
14 Nov 1916:	Involvement 265, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 265 awm_unit: 19 Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1916-11-14
14 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 265, Warrant Officer (Class II)

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19th Battalion, A Company, Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

He was 26 and the son of Joseph Thomas and Lizzette Maude Lee, of 36, Windsor Rd., Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland.

Enlistment date 9 November 1914
Rank on enlistment Sergeant

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915

Age at embarkation-24.

He is remembered on the Great War Memorial at Wesley College, Dundrum, Dublin 16.