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RAYMOND, Frederick Arthur Eric
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 896 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 February 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Woodside, South Australia, 21 December 1893 |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Unley Public School & Kyre College |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 16 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick, South Australia | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 896, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 896, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Driver, 896, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 896 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1916-11-05 |
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"THE LATE PRIVATE F. RAYMOND.
Private F. Raymond, who was killed in action in France on November 5, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Raymond, 35 Esplanade, Glenelg, and grandson of the Rev. S. Raymond, Unley. He was educated at the Unley Public School and Kyre College. Afterwards he was on a farm at Murray Bridge, later on returning to Unley, where he enlisted. He served in Gallipoli for four months before being sent to France. A brother (Leslie) is at the front." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 23 Dec 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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