DIGNEY, Frederick Brabham
| Service Number: | 3273 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Terang, Victoria, Australia, 27 December 1877 |
| Home Town: | Timboon, Corangamite, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 4 Aug 1917: | Involvement Private, 3273, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
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| 4 Aug 1917: | Embarked Private, 3273, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ellen Magill
Fred was listed on Timboon school honour roll. He was enrolled at age 6, along with his brothers, Alf aged 7 and George Patrick aged 9.
The Digney family had moved to a bush allottment at Timboon from the Terang area. The Digney's became a prominent family in the district. Digney's Bridge Road Timboon was named after them. Two of the Digney boys, larrikin behaviour was immortalised in the story of a fight in "The Man from Curdies River"
Fred and Alf, his brother were both part of WW1 volunteers. Alf signing up under an assumed name in Tasmania. They were part of the Australian legend that was formed in WW1. Fred survived the war, unlike his brother, and married Mary Sophia Collette.
Thank you to Ian Digney for his family history contribution.
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