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RITCHIE, Frederick James
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 856, 4476 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bairnsdale, Vic., 1893 |
| Home Town: | Bairnsdale, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale District Loyal Mitchell Lodge M.U.I.O.O.F. Roll of Honor, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 856, 5th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 856, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 856, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 23 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4476, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 23 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4476, 23rd Infantry Battalion, RMS Malwa, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
WOUNDED IN ACTION AT THE DARDANELLES.
Private F. Ritchie is the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. N. L. Ritchie, of Bairnsdale. His father is on the staff at the Bairnsdale railway station. On the 25th of April Private Ritchie was wounded in the wrist by a piece of shrapnel shell piercing the bone. He was about two miles inland at the time of being wounded and it was 5, hours before he could get back to the lines to have the wound treated.
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