MEASDAY, Frederick Taylor
| Service Numbers: | 1023, Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 1 March 1915, Keswick |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glenelg, South Australia , 4 June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Pulteney Street School, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Assayer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 5 November 1916, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Glenelg St Michael's Memorial Chapel MEASDAY Memorial Window, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Keswick | |
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| 31 May 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1023, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' |
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| 31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1023, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 12 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1023, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 30 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1023, 27th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 1 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1023, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 28 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1023, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 29 Jul 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1023, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 27th Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 27th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17 | |
| 5 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-11-05 |
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Born on the 2nd of June 1893, Frederick Taylor Measday was the first of two children to be born to Mr and Mrs Edwin Taylor Measday and Alice Measday (nee Laycock.)
"THE LATE LIEUTENANT F. T. MEASDAY.
Mr. Edwin T. Measday, of Glenelg, has been informed that his son. Lieutenant Frederick T. Measday, was killed in action in France on November 5. Lieutenant Measday was 23 years of age, and was educated at Pulteney-street school. He enlisted early in the war, and left for Egypt on May 31, 1915, as a private. He saw active service on Gallipoli for 14 weeks, and was invalided to Egypt shortly before the evacuation. On February 29, 1916, he went to France, where he had been ever since. He took part in many of the hottest engagements. He rose rapidly from private to the rank of first lieutenant, and it was only last week that word was received that he had been appointed instructor of a grenade school at the front, and mentioned in dispatches for distinguished conduct and bravery. Before enlisting he was a regular attendant at St. Peter's Church, Glenelg, where he acted regularly as a server. He was much interested in homing pigeons, and some years ago he kept some fine birds. He was a young man of fine physique, but was as modest and gentle as he was strong." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 25 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)
Medals:
1914/15 Star: 2917
British War Medal: 13215
Victory Medal: 13155
Memorial Plaque/Scroll: 356228
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