FAIRBROTHER, Frederick James
| Service Number: | 2691 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 July 1915, Claremont, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 52nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Elizabeth Town, Tasmania, August 1891 |
| Home Town: | Elizabeth Town, Meander Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Deloraine War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2691, Claremont, Tasmania | |
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| 10 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2691, 12th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 10 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2691, 12th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Melbourne | |
| 27 Nov 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2691, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 1 Mar 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 16 Jul 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Dec 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 52nd Infantry Battalion | |
| 30 Mar 1917: | Imprisoned | |
| 28 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 2691, 52nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...2691 Sergeant Frederick James Fairbrother, 52nd Battalion, from Elizabeth Town, Tasmania. Sgt Fairbrother enlisted on 13 July 1915 at the age of 24 and embarked for overseas with the 12th Battalion on 10 September 1915 aboard SS Makarini. After fighting at Gallipoli, he went on to fight on the Western Front where he was captured at Lagnicourt, France, on 29 March 1917. Sgt Fairbrother spent the rest of the war as a Prisoner of War (POW) in Germany before being repatriated to England on 25 December 1918 and arriving back in Australia on 20 August 1919..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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