HEASMAN, Frederick
| Service Number: | 291 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 March 1915, Enlisted at Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | East Chiltington, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Wonnerup, Busselton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | East Chiltington, Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation: | Repairer/Plate Layer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 31 No know grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 291, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Perth, WA | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 291, 28th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 291, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 18 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 291, 4th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 291, 4th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Seang Bee, Fremantle | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement Private, 291, 13th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 291 awm_unit: 13th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 23 years
Son of Cedric Owen Heasman and Annie Heasman of Markstakes Farm, Chaily, Sussex, England
9 September 1916 - returned to Australia on board Seang Bee with the 3/4 Machine Gun Company for 3 months due to Enteric Fever. Confined to bed for 7 weeks
4 July 1916 - returned to duty with the 5th Military District
Brother of Albert Heasman MM who returned to Australia on 16 June 1919 having served in the 16th Battalion and Gilbert Arthur Heasman MM who returned to Australia on 28 February 1919 having served in the 11th Battalion
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal