Frederick Alexander SWAARK

Badge Number: 14714, Sub Branch: Hindmarsh
14714

SWAARK, Frederick Alexander

Service Numbers: 1919, S212441
Enlisted: 5 December 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: Lines of Communication Units
Born: Launceston, Tasmania, 5 January 1892
Home Town: Bowden, Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Natural causes, Woodville Gardens, Adelaide, South Australia, 4 September 1958, aged 66 years
Cemetery: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
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World War 1 Service

5 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1919, 12th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia
1 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1919, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: ''
1 Apr 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1919, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide
25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1919, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
1 Jun 1916: Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1919, 12th Infantry Battalion, Approx. discharge date

World War 2 Service

2 Oct 1939: Involvement Private, S212441, Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces
2 Oct 1939: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, S212441
2 Oct 1939: Enlisted Private, S212441, Adelaide, South Australia
20 May 1942: Discharged Private, S212441, Lines of Communication Units

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Frederick Alexander SWAARK stated he was born in Launceston, Tasmania on 5th January, 1892 but there is no record of any births under that surname

His father was George (taken from his marriage record) & mother is unknown

He married Myrtle Vale MITCHELL on 18th December, 1926 at the residence of the Reverent R E Stanley in Prospect East, South Australia - Myrtle died in 1937 and later he remarried a Doris Caroline (surname unknown) Doris died in 1967

He served in both WW1 and WW2

Frederick died at Woodville Gardens in Adelaide, South Australia on 4th September, 1958 & is buried in the West Terrace Cemetery

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