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SWAARK, Frederick Alexander
Service Numbers: | 1919, S212441 |
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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 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
5 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1919, 12th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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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 | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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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