HOAD, Frederick James Sydney
| Service Numbers: | 2316, 641, V1528 |
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| Enlisted: | 11 February 1902 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Volunteer Defence Corps (SA) |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 20 April 1883 |
| Home Town: | Malvern, Stonnington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Electrical fitter |
| Died: | Illness, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 February 1941, aged 57 years |
| Cemetery: |
Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria Ind. C. Grave 11. The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 11 Feb 1902: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 2316, 4th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
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World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 641, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 641, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 641, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 25 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, 641, 7th Infantry Battalion, embarked Alexandria for Marseilles | |
| 18 Aug 1916: | Imprisoned WIA (Shrapnel/GSW thigh) & Captured by Germans at Pozieres, France-Interned Munster/Grafenwohr; Confirmed PoW 23 Jan 1917; PoW No: 32 | |
| 20 Dec 1918: | Embarked 641, 7th Infantry Battalion, embarked England for Melbourne on board HT Orontes | |
| 4 May 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, 641, 7th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Captain, V1528, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA) | |
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| 11 Jul 1940: | Enlisted V1528 | |
| 24 Sep 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V1528 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Captain Hoad completed his military career with 3 M.D. Recruiting Area
Australian Headquarters.
He was accepted, after research, for commemoration as war dead on 03/09/2011
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Captain Frederick James Sydney Hoad served in three conflicts, and was in the Senior Cadets prior to enlisting in the Boer War on 11 February 1902, when he was a Private (Service No:2316) with 4th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse (Victoria). On 18 August 1914, he enlisted as a Sergeant (Service No:641) in the AIF, and was attached to 7th Infantry Battalion on 19 October 1914 when he embarked with his Unit from Melbourne for Suez on board HMAT A20 Hororata. As 2nd Lieutenenant, he embarked from Alexandria for Marseilles on 25 March 1916. Captain Hoad was WiA (shrapnel/GSW thigh), captured by the Germans at Pozieres on 18 August 1916 and interned (PoW No:32) in Germany and Switzerland. Recovered from the Germans on 27 November 1917, Captain Hoad was repatriated to England, embarking for Melbourne on 20 December 1918 on board HT Orontes. Captain Hoad was attached to 7th Infantry Battalion at Discharge on 4 May 1919. Captain Hoad served in the ACMF in WWII (Service No:V82001), attached to 3rd District Records.
Fred was born in Melbourne, Victoria in 1883, youngest of two children of James Henry Hoad (b1854 in Goulburn, New South Wales) and his first wife Elizabeth Jane Matthews (b1855 in Melbourne, Victoria). James and Elizabeth married in Cassilis, New South Wales in 1879, and in 1880 settled in Melbourne, where they raised their family and James was a Tailor. Following Elizabeth's death in 1885, James remarried - living in Wangaratta and Melbourne, where he was a Taior. James was killed in 1913 when he was hit by a motor cycle whilst crossing the road.
Fred was a Groom in Melbourne before enlisting in the Boer War. In 1903 he was a Box Maker in Melbourne, where he married Clara (Louie) Louisa Lancaster (b1872 in Yorkshire, England) - Louie immigrated in 1880, arriving in Melbourne on board the Marpesia, and working in Melbourne as a Dressmaker. In 1905 Fred and Louie travelled to New Zealand, where they lived for eighteen months and Fred worked as a Motor Man in Long Island. Returning to Melbourne, Fred worked as a Caretaker, Tramways Gripman and for Victorian Railways as a Shunter and Electrical Fitter. Following his discharge from the AIF in 1919, Fred worked as an Electrical Fitter with the VGR and as a Clerk. He and Louie separated in 1923 and divorced in 1932. Fred was working as a Clerk in Melbourne in 1940 when he enlisted in the ACMF. Fred died in 1941 and Louie in 1961.
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