FULLER, Frederick Chalmers
Service Number: | 4475 |
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Enlisted: | 15 September 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Dawson, South Australia, 10 April 1890 |
Home Town: | Dawson, Peterborough, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer |
Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 February 1917, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dawson War Memorial, Farrell Flat Memorial Hall, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
15 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4475, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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7 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4475, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
7 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4475, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Adelaide | |
25 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4475, 10th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line |
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"No one he loved was by his side
To hear his last faint sigh
Or whisper just one loving word
Or even say goodbye. - Inserted by his loving parents, brother and sisters, Dawson"
"...4475 Private Frederick Chalmers Fuller, 10th Battalion, of Dawson, SA. A farmer prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 14th Reinforcements from Adelaide aboard HMAT Miltiades on 7 February 1916. While serving in France, Pte Fuller was killed in action on 25 February 1917, aged 27. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)