Frederick Richard MCINTOSH

MCINTOSH, Frederick Richard

    Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
    Enlisted: 16 July 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
    Last Rank: Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 59th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 23 July 1892
    Home Town: Naracoorte, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia
    Schooling: Scotch College, Melbourne University, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Died of wounds, Belgium, 28 September 1917, aged 25 years
    Cemetery: Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
    Plot XXV, Row D, Grave No. 17
    Memorials: Naracoorte War Memorial, Naracoorte War Memorial, Naracoorte War Memorial, Naracoorte and District Town Hall Honour Board WW1
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    World War 1 Service

    16 Jul 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    2 Oct 1916: Involvement 59th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
    2 Oct 1916: Embarked 59th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
    8 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
    15 Jul 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, Belgium
    26 Sep 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, GSW to chest and shoulder. Evacuated to 3rd Canadian CCS at Lijssenthoek, where he died of his wounds on 28 September 1917.
    28 Sep 1917: Involvement Lieutenant, 59th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-09-28

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    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Prior to enlisting, Frederick Rishard McIntosh played 25 games (1913-14) for the University FC, and 14 games (1915) for the Essendon FC in the VFL.

    He was wounded in action at Polygon Wood, 26 September 1917 (gun shot wound, shoulder and chest), and admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance, and then transferred to 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station at Lijssenthoek, where he later died of his wounds on 28 September 1917.

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