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MARVEL, Frederick
Personal Details
Service Number: | 398 |
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Enlisted: | 21 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Leichhardt, New South Wales, 1891 |
Home Town: | Paddington, Woollahra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Paddington Public School, New South Wales |
Occupation: | Motor Driver and Mechanic |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Row N, Grave 11 Headstone inscription reads: Faithful unto death, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Darlinghurst St John's Anglican Church Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
21 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 398, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 398, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 398, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
19 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
30 Jul 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 4th Infantry Battalion, In the field | |
6 Aug 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 398, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 398 awm_unit: 4th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-06 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin was given as his guardian Mrs C Marvel of 50 Coomber Street, Paddington, NSW. This was incorrect as it was later discovered that she was his mother
Frederick had an ex-nuptial son, Fred Delamotte Crocker, with a Winifred Murphy (nee Crocker)
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal