STARSMOORE, Frederick Charles
| Service Number: | WX6876 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 July 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Signaller |
| Last Unit: | 8th Division Signals |
| Born: | Northam, Western Australia, 2 May 1919 |
| Home Town: | Northam, Northam, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Junior Clerk |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Malaya, 13 February 1942, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Kranji War Cemetery Plot 5, Row E, Grave 7 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Northam Fallen, Northam WW2 Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Signalman, WX6876 | |
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| 20 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), WX6876, Claremont, WA | |
| 20 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, WX6876 | |
| 13 Feb 1942: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), Signaller, WX6876, 8th Division Signals, Malaya/Singapore |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Frederick Charles STARSMOORE was born on 2nd May, 1919 in Northam, Western Australia
His parents were George Ernest STARSMOORE & Clara MORRELL who married in Northam in 1915
He originally joined the Army on 11th October, 1938 and served with the 28th Battalion (Volunteers) before he enlisted in Claremont on 20th July, 1940 and embarked on the HMT Sibajak on 7th August, 1941
He was wounded as a result of enemy aircraft fire on 13th February, 1942 with shell wounds to his head & body and was admitted to the 13th Australian General Hospital where he died from his wounds the same day
Frederick is buried in the Kranji War Cemetery & his name is memorialised on the Norhtam Fallen, Northam WW2 Memorial & the Australiann War Memorial
His sister Lorna Joyce MORRELL also served in WW2 (SN WF96595) and was discharged in 1945
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