Frederick MARVEL

MARVEL, Frederick

Service Number: 398
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
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World War 1 Service

21 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 398, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney
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

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Biography 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