Frederick Vernon BURCHELL

BURCHELL, Frederick Vernon

Service Number: 888
Enlisted: 5 October 1916, Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
Born: Adelaide, SA, 2 September 1892
Home Town: Beachport, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Wireless Operator
Died: Tuberculosis, Myrtle Bank, SA, 25 June 1927, aged 34 years
Cemetery: AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia
Section: LO, Road: 4N, Site No: 7
Memorials: Beachport Public School Old Scholars Honour Roll, Beachport WW1 & WW2 Memorial Rotunda, Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board
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World War 1 Service

5 Oct 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, 888, Sydney, NSW
17 Jan 1917: Involvement Lance Corporal, 888, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Jan 1917: Embarked Lance Corporal, 888, No. 4 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, RMS Omrah, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Son of Frederick Newman BURCHELL and Alice Jane nee CRAMPTON
Of Beachport, SA

Discharged in England
Married Elizabeth PATERSON in Durban South Africa
Returned to Australia with wife and had 2 sons