Frederick HUNGERFORD

HUNGERFORD, Frederick

Service Number: 421
Enlisted: 20 October 1914, Acting Sgt
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 10th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 11 July 1891
Home Town: Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Farmer
Died: Armadale, Victoria, Australia, 20 August 1966, aged 75 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Bridgetown Methodist Church Honor Roll, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld
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World War 1 Service

20 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 421, 10th Light Horse Regiment, Acting Sgt
19 Nov 1914: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 10th Light Horse Regiment
17 Feb 1915: Embarked 421, 10th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Surada, Fremantle
17 Feb 1915: Involvement 421, 10th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Surada embarkation_ship_number: A52 public_note: ''
13 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 421, 10th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW right thigh - severe
7 Jun 1917: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 421, 10th Light Horse Regiment, MD due to Gallipoli wounding

World War 2 Service

22 Jan 1942: Enlisted

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918

Frederick 'Fred' HUNGERFORD,
Regimental Number:   421
Unit name:   10th Light Horse, C Squadron

Religion:   Methodist

Occupation:   Farmer

Address:   Arthur River, via Wagin,WA

Age of Enlistment:   23 years

Enlistment Date and Place:   20 October 1914, Guildford, WA

Next of Kin:   Father, Francis Robert Hungerford, Arthur River, via Wagin, WA

Rank on Enlistment:   Acting Sergeant

Embarkation Details:   Unit embarked from Fremantle, WA, on board Transport A52 Surada on 17 February 1915

Rank from Nominal Roll:   Sergeant

Unit from Nominal Roll:   10th Light Horse Regiment

Campaigns Served:   Egypt; Gallilpoli

War Service/Promotions:   Embarked from Alexandria, Egypt for Gallipoli, 1 August 1915. Wounded - bullet wound chest and thigh (severe) - Anzac Cove. Evacuated from the Dardenelles to HS Dongala. By 14 August 1915 he was back in Alexandria, Egypt, at No 17 General Hospital. Embarked for England per HT Karoola, 23 August 1915. Admitted to 3rd Western General Hospital, Cardiff, Wales on 5 October 1915. Convalesced in England until return to Australia.

Fate:   Left Plymouth, Devon, England, 24 June 1916, per HMAT A14 Euripides arriving in Australia, 8 August 1916. He married Dorothy Edith Bird, 12 February 1919, Singapore.

Place of Wounding:   Gunshot wound, left thigh, Anzac Cove, Dardenelles.

Place of Death:   20 August 1966, Armadale, Vic.

Place of Burial:   Pinnaroo Lawn Cemetery, Bridgeman Downs, Qld

Medals/Citations:   1914/15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal

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Biography contributed by Evan Evans

Extra, also from: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918

Sgt Frederick HUNGERFORD, 

'When the Great War broke out in 1914, Fred, who was a farmer and wool classer, was at Port Hedland and went to Perth in order to enlist. One day he was speaking to the Captain of a ship. The Captain said to him he could go down to Perth on his ship, but not to let him see him on board. This he did and on 20 October 1914 he enlisted in the 10th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron, of the Australian Imperial Force, with the rank of Acting Sergeant. He was promoted to the rank of Sergeant on 19 November 1914. Fred had previously been in the A.I.R. Perth, but had resigned when he left Perth. Fred's unit embarked at Fremantle for Egypt on 17 February 1915. After some time in Egypt, he received word that his brother William had been killed at Gallipoli on 14 August 1915. He volunteered to go there. A short time later he received a severe wound to the left thigh, which was badly shattered. He was taken from the Dardanelles to Alexandria, Egypt, then transferred to England and finally admitted to a hospital in Cardiff, Wales. The doctors were seriously considering amputating his leg, however an Irish nurse there asked if she could attend to him and nursed him back to health. He was very grateful to her and, when he eventually had a daughter, named her Patricia in the nurse’s honour.'

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