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FANNING, Frederick
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 56th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died of wounds, France, 1 November 1916, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Casino and District Memorial Hospital WW1 Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
20 Oct 1914: | Involvement 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Embarked 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
1 Nov 1916: | Involvement Captain, 56th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 56th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Captain awm_died_date: 1916-11-01 |
Personal Stories
Eye witness account
A detailed ,live witness account of Captain Fred Fanning’s war service and death ,can be obtained by reading the autobiographical book, AN ANZAC ON THE WESTERN FRONT
by H.R. WILLIAMS
Submitted 29 March 2020 by Susan Nicholls