Frederick Roy NAPPER

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Service Number:	4256
Enlisted:	6 August 1915, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rockdale, New South Wales, 1897
Home Town:	Rockdale, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Secretary
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 29 August 1916
Cemetery:	Ovillers Military Cemetery Plot XV, Row V, Grave 9, Ovillers Military Cemetery, Ovillers la Boisselle, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Rockdale West Botany St. Methodist Church Honour Roll

6 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4256, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Holsworthy, NSW
20 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 4256, 13th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
20 Dec 1915:	Embarked Private, 4256, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney

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Son of James and Mary Ann Napper of 'Shalom', Harrow Road, Rockdale, NSW

25 January 1916 - to hospital at Abbassia with Mumps

He was was reported as 'missing' for months before his body was located

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal