FREDERICKS, Herbert
| Service Number: | 8399 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 September 1915, 13th Reinforcements |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Mackay, Queensland, Australia, 12 February 1891 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 3 August 1953, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 8399, 3rd Field Ambulance, 13th Reinforcements | |
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| 22 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 8399, 3rd Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 8399, 3rd Field Ambulance, HMAT Boonah, Sydney | |
| 3 Oct 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 8399, 8th Field Ambulance | |
| 26 Jan 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 8399, 8th Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Herbert was born in 1891 in Mackay QLD to Mary Jane Gaffney and registered on his birth certificate as Herbert Gaffney. Mary Jane married Herman Robert Fredericks in Mackay, QLD, and they had two children. Herbert took the surname of his step - father.
Herbert was working as a Baker in Mackay, QLD when he enlisted in Brisbane in the AIF in 1915. He served with 3 and 8 Field Ambulance as a Private (Service No: 8399) and was Discharged in January 1918.
In Novemebr 1915 Herbert married his first wife Margaret Ellen Atkinson (born 1892 in Warwick, QLD), and in February 1918 he joined the Metropolita Fire Brigade in Brisbane. Herbert was a Fireman with the Fire Brigade. In 1933 he married Mildred Jane Hair (nee Sanders) and Opera Singer. Herbert died in Brisbane in 1953