PATRICK, Frederick Robert Gordon
| Service Number: | 1567 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Balhannah Old Scholars Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 23 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1567, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1567, 7th Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney |
Frederick Robert Gordon Patrick
Name: Frederick Robert Gordon Patrick
Service Number: 1567
Place of Birth: Sydney, NSW.
Date of Birth: May 1896
Place of Enlistment: Holsworthy, NSW
Date of Enlistment: 22 September 1915
Age at Enlistment: 19 years 5 months
Next of Kin: Mother, Rose Patrick
Occupation: Electrical Junior
Religion: Presbyterian
Rank: Private
The above soldier is the only F. Patrick to have enlisted in the 1st A.I.F and may well be the person listed on the Balhannah Honour Roll. No definite link with the Adelaide Hills region was able to be established, as was the case with several soldiers listed on Memorial Rolls throughout the region.
Frederick left Sydney on board S.S. Hawkes Bay on 23 November 1915, bound for Egypt. He was admitted to the 4th Auxiliary Hospital in Cairo on 21 January 1916 with mumps and after treatment was able to rejoin his regiment, the 10th Battalion, on 9 February. In 1916 Frederick served as a driver for a short period in France. When serving in Egypt he assisted in caring for the regiment’s horses and after the Gallipoli evacuation had been completed Frederick transferred to the artillery serving with the 110th 4.5 Field Howitzer Battery until he was returned to Australia on the China on 11 June 1919 and was discharged on 3 August.
Submitted 23 October 2023 by christopher collins