Frederick William LINTON

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LINTON, Frederick William

Service Number:	V380314
Enlisted:	2 June 1942
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	16th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 September 1901
Home Town:	Toongabbie, Latrobe, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Railway Employee
Died:	Murrindindi, Victoria, Australia, 19 June 1982, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Yarck Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

2 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, V380314, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF
2 Jun 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, V380314, 16th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
1 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, V380314, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF
1 Oct 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lance Corporal, V380314, 16th (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Date unknown:	Involvement Lance Corporal, V380314, 16 Infantry Battalion AMF

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Fred (a twin) was the fourth of five children of George Alfred Linton (born 1867 at Black Flat in North Melbourne, Victoria) and Julia Crole (born 1866 in Healesville, Victoria). George and Julia married at Healesville, Victoria in 1890, and lived at Warragul before moving to Melbourne in 1900. George was a Railway Emoloyee, and in 1916 was Assistant Town Clerk.

Fred was a Builder in Melbourne, Victoria in 1926 when he married Linda Mary Edwards (born 1904 in Melbourne, Victoria). Fred and Linda lived in Melbourne, Corio and Toongabbie where Fred worked as a Labourer and a Railway Employee. They were in Yarck at Murrundindi in Victoria when Fred enlisted in the ACMF in June 1942. He was a Lance Corporal (Service No:V380314) attached to 16 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps when he was Discharged on 1 October 1945. Twin Francis George (Service No:V364295) also served with the ACMF.

Fred and Linda lived in Melbourne, Oakleigh and Yarck in Victoria, where Fred was a Railway Employee, Fred died in 1982 and Linda in 1990.

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