HUNGERFORD, Frederick
| Service Number: | 3576 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Moonbi, New South Wales, Australia, April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Charleville, Murweh, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bush worker |
| Died: | Concord Repatatriation. Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 30 November 1947, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales War Grave, Woronora Cemetery, Sutherland, NSW |
| Memorials: | Morven War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3576, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 3576, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 3576, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane | |
| 11 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3576, 31st Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, SW Face, Shoulders and right thigh - severe | |
| 11 Dec 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3576, 31st Infantry Battalion |
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From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
LCpl Frederick Eversleigh HUNGERFORD,
Regimental Number: 3576
Unit name: 31st Battalion, 8th Reinforcement, 8th Infantry Brigade, 5th Division
Religion: Roman Catholic
Occupation: Bush worker
Address: Charleville, Qld
Age: 21years and 9 months
Enlistment Date and Place: 28 January 1916, Toowoomba, Qld.
Next of Kin: Father, Walter Henry Hungerford,
Tennyson Ave, Turramurra, NSW
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Brisbane, Qld,
on board HMAT A42 Boorara, on 16 August 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll: Lance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll: 31st Battalion
Campaigns Served: Somme 1916-1918; France and Flanders 1916-1918; Bapaume 1917; Bullecourt 1917; Ypres 1917; Menin Road 1917; Passchendaele 1917; Polygon Wood 1917
War Service/Promotions: Admitted to ship’s hospital whilst at sea on 10 October 1916 with mumps. Once arriving in Plymouth, Devon, England, he was transferred to an Isolation Hospital where he stayed until 19 November 1916. Proceeded overseas to France from England on Princess Henrietta, 31 December 1916. Taken on Strength from 8th Reinforcements, 31st Battalion, 4 January 1917. On 11 June 1917, he was appointed Lance Corporal. Wounded in action, 26 September 1917 at Polygon Wood, near Ypres, Flanders (Belgium) and admitted to 83rd General Hospital, Boulogne, France, then evacuated to England, 10 October 1917, aboard the HS Jan Breydel. He was admitted to Eastbourne Military Hospital, Sussex, England, with severe shrapnel wounds to the face, shoulder and right thigh. He was nursed at Eastbourne and at another auxiliary hospital at Southall, near London, for almost a year.
Place of Wounding: Shrapnel wounds to the face, shoulder and right thigh, 26 September 1917. Wounded in action during the Battle of Polygon Wood, near Ypres, Flanders (Belgium).
Fate: Returned to Australia per HMAT Arawa, 15 August 1918, with ankylosis of the right shoulder joint. He was discharged from the army on arrival, 18 December 1918, for medical reasons. He married Myee May Schofield ('May') 5 November 1923, St James Church of England, Wyong, NSW.
Place of Death: 30 November 1947,
Concord Repatriation Hospital, Concord, NSW
Place of Burial: War Grave, Woronora Cemetery, Sutherland, NSW
War Memorial/Honour Roll: Rockdale RSL Sub-Branch Member Honour Roll, Rockdale, NSW; Turramurra Memorial Park, Turramurra, NSW
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