Frederick CHEESWRIGHT

CHEESWRIGHT, Frederick

    Service Numbers: 2645, 2645A
    Enlisted: 5 May 1916, Bendigo, Vic.
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 60th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 1888
    Home Town: Tooborac, Mitchell, Victoria
    Schooling: Tooborac State School, Victoria
    Occupation: Wood carter
    Died: Killed in Action, Polygon Wood, Belgium, 26 September 1917
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Tooborac War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    5 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2645, 60th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
    2 Oct 1916: Involvement Private, 2645, 60th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    2 Oct 1916: Embarked Private, 2645, 60th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
    8 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2645A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
    26 Sep 1917: Involvement Private, 2645A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2645A awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26
    26 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2645A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    A wood carter from Tooborac, Victoria prior to enlistment, Pte Cheeswright embarked with the 6th Reinforcements from Melbourne on HMAT Nestor on 2 October 1916.

    Later allotted the regimental number 2645A, he was killed in action at Polygon Wood, aged 29, and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Belgium.

    Source: AWM

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