Frederick Charles MUNDELEIN

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MUNDELEIN, Frederick Charles

Service Number:	3429
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1896
Home Town:	Bendigo, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	St Patricks (Catholic) College, Ballarat, Victoria
Occupation:	Bank clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Rosieres, France, 9 August 1918
Cemetery:	Heath Cemetery, Picardie, France Plot IV, Row H, Grave No. 4, Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, Picardie, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Bendigo Marist Brothers College Great War Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3429, 7th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3429, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3429, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3429, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
10 Aug 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion, Company clerk, France
27 Oct 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 7th Infantry Battalion, France
15 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3429, 7th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Lagnicourt
20 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3429, 7th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road
14 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3429, 7th Infantry Battalion, German Spring Offensive 1918, Hazebrouck
9 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3429, 7th Infantry Battalion, The Battle of Amiens, Lihons
9 Aug 1918:	Involvement 3429, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3429 awm_unit: 7 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-08-09

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Biography contributed by Robert Wight

According to several eye witness accounts (Red Cross file), Lance Sgt Mundelein was shot and killed near Rosieres during the 1st Division's advance on Lihons as part of the Amiens offensive.

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