GEE, Frederick
Service Number: | 762 |
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Enlisted: | 18 August 1914 |
Last Rank: | Corporal |
Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Eaglehawk, Victoria, Australia, May 1895 |
Home Town: | Eaglehawk, Greater Bendigo, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Miner |
Memorials: | Eaglehawk Loyal Catherine Lodge Honour Roll WW1, Eaglehawk Presbyterian Sunday School Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 762, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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25 Aug 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, SN 762, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, SN 762, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
25 Apr 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Corporal, SN 762, 7th Infantry Battalion, 'ANZAC' / Gallipoli, GSW to face, loss of right eye. | |
13 Aug 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, SN 762, 7th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit (loss of right eye). |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
Corporal Frederick Gee (son of Mr William James & Mrs Susan Hannah Gee of Eaglehawk, Vic.) was one of six brothers who enlisted for service in the AIF, the others being:
Sergeant Thomas Gee (RTA), 14th Battalion;
Driver Walter Gee (RTA), 6th Field Coy Engineers;
Private David Gee (KIA 8 May 1915), 7th Battalion;
Private Harold Gee (KIA 8 May 1915), 7th Battalion; and
Private William Gee (RTA), 6th Field Coy Engineers.