Frederick Lewis HALEY

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HALEY, Frederick Lewis

Service Number:	3853
Enlisted:	16 October 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 6 October 1884
Home Town:	Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Grocer
Died:	Killed in action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval Plot I, Row C, Grave 20.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, West Leederville War Memorial

World War 1 Service

16 Oct 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3853, 28th Infantry Battalion
12 Feb 1916:	Involvement Private, 3853, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1916:	Embarked Private, 3853, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
3 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 3853, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3853 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Fred Haley gave his occupation as grocer when he enlisted and he was reported to be well known in connection with Millars' stores at Karridale and Jarrahdene, and in 1915 was one of the best athletes at the old Blackboy camp.

He was reported missing after the 51st Battalion made their last attack on Mouquet Farm. Many of the battalion were trapped under heavy shell fire in the German front line after the enemy got in behind them.

Fred’s remains were found by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission during 1934, 18 years after his death, identified by the presence of his identity disc which was still legible. The disc and news of his reinterment was sent to Fred’s mother almost two years later in 1936. The mother had passed away in 1928 and a niece forwarded the information and disc to Fred’s brother. The niece wrote to Base Records, “Well sir I am glad my poor aunt had gone before the disc came because it would have caused her fresh grief, she always fretted for her boy.”

Fred’s brother was pleased to receive the disc, he had gone to France in 1926 in a fruitless search for Fred’s grave.

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