KING, Frederick William
| Service Number: | 45 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hastings, Sussex, England, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Balaclava, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Chauffeur |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 45, 5th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 45, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
‘A’ Company, 5th Battery, Australian Imperial Force-Service Number 45.
Births Mar 1894 King Frederick William Hastings 2b 27
He was said to be 24; he was the son of Sarah Elizabeth King, of 168, Priory Rd., Halton, Hastings, England, and the late George William King.
He enlisted with his brother Reginald as their service numbers are consecutive- Reginald was number 44-he survived the Great War and returned to Australia 12 November 1916.
Enlistment date 17 August 1914
Age at embarkation 21
AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/22/1
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A3 Orvieto on 21 October 1914
Wounded at the Dardanelles on April 25th & 10th August 1915.
He is remembered on the Hastings War Memorial.
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