Frederick Godfrey FURZE

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FURZE, Frederick Godfrey

Service Number:	5693
Enlisted:	7 March 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	8th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Yerlima, Victoria, Australia , 1893
Home Town:	Wyuna, Campaspe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Tuberculosis, Wyuna, Campaspe - Victoria, Australia, 11 July 1921
Cemetery:	Kyabram Civil Cemetery, Victoria Grave: C. of E. Sec. Row 1. Grave 17.
Memorials:	Kyabram St. Andrew's Church of England Great European War Roll of Honour , Wyuna "When Duty Called" Honour Roll

World War 1 Service

7 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5693
3 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 5693, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
3 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 5693, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne
4 Dec 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

His parents were

Frank Herbert Furze (____ - 1943)
Edith Charlotte Rachel Furze (____ - 1937)

He is a recent addition to the roll of Great War dead; he was accepted, after research, for commemoration on 3 March 2017.

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