Frederick Deacon CARRINGTON

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CARRINGTON, Frederick Deacon

Service Number:	196
Enlisted:	28 August 1914, Enlisted at Brighton, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	St Kilda, Victoria, Australia, 21 November 1893
Home Town:	Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania
Schooling:	Scotch College, Launceston, Tasmania, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in action, Gallipoli,Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 35, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Launceston Cenotaph, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Swan Hill War Memorial

World War 1 Service

28 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 196, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Brighton, Victoria
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 196, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 196, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Frederick and Mary Carrington of 8 Union Street, Launceston, Tas. formerly of 57 Wellington Street, Launceston, Tas.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Private Fred Deacon Carrington was the eldest son of the late Captain Carrington who for many years commanded the SS Coogee trading between Melbourne and Launceston. His father was killed aboard the Coogee when it collided with another ship in the Bass Straight on Christmas Day 1903. Young Fred Carrington was well known in Launceston, and was up till the time of his enlistment employed with the Tasmanian Woolgrowers' Agency Company Limited as clerk for about six years.

His younger brother, 850 Pte. Bevis Ody Carrington 52nd Battalion AIF, was killed in action 5 April 1918, aged 19.

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