Frederick Harrison CAPPER

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CAPPER, Frederick Harrison

Service Numbers:	1690, 3801
Enlisted:	16 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1 October 1878
Home Town:	Preston, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Saddler
Died:	Natural causes, Elwood, Victoria, Australia, 20 June 1955, aged 76 years
Cemetery:	Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 1690, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
1 Jan 1900:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Saddler, 1690, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles

World War 1 Service

16 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3801, Melbourne, Victoria
8 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3801, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: ''
8 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3801, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne
24 Jan 1917:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3801, 22nd Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

"3801 Acting Sergeant Frederick Harrison Capper, 9th Reinforcements, 22nd Battalion, of Preston, Vic. A/Sgt Capper enlisted on 16 July 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Warilda in Melbourne on 8 February 1916. Quarter Master Sergeant Capper returned to Australia aboard HMT Ajana on 17 October 1916... He (also) served as a saddler (number 1690) with the 5th Victorian (Mounted Rifles) Contingent for eighteen months during the Boer War in South Africa." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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