
WILMOTT, William Frederick
Service Number: | 6 |
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Enlisted: | 27 August 1914 |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Waratah, Tasmania, Australia, August 1891 |
Home Town: | Launceston, Launceston, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Mechanical & Motor Engineer |
Died: | Wounds, Villers Bretonneaux, France, 25 April 1918 |
Cemetery: |
St Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, France Plot XIII, Row A, Grave No. 3 |
Memorials: | Launceston Cenotaph, Newham State School No 1913 Honor Roll |
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Federation University Australia Pipe Band
Captain Frederick Wilmot was a drummer in the Ballarat and District Caledonian Pipe Band.
Frederick enlisted on 25th August 1914. He was at the landing at Gallipoli, and was wounded on four separate occasions. He died of wounds incurred during the fighting around Villers-Bretonneux on 25th April 1918 and is buried in St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, France.
Frederick was 29 years old and left behind a widow and only child.
Plaque no 521. Avenue of Honour, Ballarat.