Wilfred Froud BATES

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Other Name:	Bates, Wilfred Froude - Birth Name
Service Number:	51
Enlisted:	7 September 1914, Helena Vale, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 December 1888
Home Town:	North Fremantle, Fremantle, Western Australia
Schooling:	State School
Occupation:	Mill Hand
Died:	Wounds, Gallipoli, Turkey, 12 May 1915, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Bates was buried at sea from a troop hospital ship. Remembered at Panel 50 Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle 849 Memorial, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, North Fremantle Cenotaph

7 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Helena Vale, Western Australia
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 51, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 51, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
12 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 51, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 51 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-05-12
Date unknown:	Involvement 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières

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Also known as Wilfred Frond Bates

Husband of Florence M Bates c/o Mrs Williams, Rocky Bay, North Fremantle, Western Australia

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