Frederick Joseph BURNELL

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BURNELL, Frederick Joseph

Service Number:	765
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	6th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, England, United Kingdom, 1878
Home Town:	East Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Public School, Kingston, England
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 25 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 26, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 765, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 765, 6th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 765, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Address at the time of enlistment was 78 Wellington Parade, East Melbourne, Victoria

Father of Francis Joseph Burnell and Frederick Thomas Burnell

Next of kin given as Horace Liston Burnell of 26 Glenarn Road, Upper Teddington, Middlesex, England

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

Also served with the East Surrey Volunteers, City Imperial Volunteers and South African Constabulary.

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