Frederick Isaac (Fred) KILPATRICK

KILPATRICK, Frederick Isaac

Service Number: 755
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: New South Wales Lancers
Born: Adelong, New South Wales, Australia, April 1873
Home Town: Carlingford, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling: Leichhardt Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Teacher
Died: Died of wounds, Slingersfontein, Cape, South Africa, Slingersfontein, Colesberg Area, Cape Colony, South Africa, 16 January 1900
Cemetery: Colesberg Cemetery, South Africa
Buried on the slopes above Slingersfontein Farm near Coleberg, Northern Cape, South Africa and commemorated in the nearby Colesberg Cemetery.
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carlingford Boer War Plaque, Carlingford Kilpatrick Memorial Plaque, Leichhardt KILPATRICK Boer War Memorial Plaque, Parramatta Boer War Memorial
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Corporal, 755
1 Oct 1899: Involvement Corporal, 755, New South Wales Lancers

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Frederick was the younges of five sons and two daughters and was born at Adelong. After leaving school he gained a half scholarship and a took a two years' course at the University.  About three years ago he was appointed teacher at the Carlingford Public School, and it was while there he joined the Lancers.  He bought a horse for his own use, which he sold before leaving for London with this troops last year.  He obtained leave from the Education Department to make the trip.  On reaching the Cape, on his way back, he decided to go to the front with his comrades.   All five sons of the family are fine, stalwart men.  His father, who was, in his time, a man of splended physique, is a direct descendant of the Scottish Covenanters.   His family originally hailed from Montrose, but subsequently emigrated to the North of Ireland.  All the boys were brought up to the horse and the gun, in their early days, on the Bogan.

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