MULLEN, Fargy
| Service Numbers: | 3901, 3901A |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1915, Enlisted at Lithgow |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mudgee, New South Wales, Australia, 19 January 1883 |
| Home Town: | Mudgee, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway Fettler (track worker) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 26 July 1916, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gulgong and Mudgee District Roll of Honor, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3901, 18th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Lithgow | |
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| 20 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 3901, 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 3901, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Sydney | |
| 26 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 3901A, 20th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3901A awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-26 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Fargy MULLEN (Service Number 3901A) was born on 19th January 1893 at Mudgee. He worked for the NSW Government Railways as a fettler (track worker) at Berowra from 31st May 1915. He was released from duty to join the Expeditionary Forces on 18th September 1915.
Mullen enlisted at Lithgow on the same day as he was released by the NSWGR and. As he was not married he gave his mother, Ellen Mullen, who was living in Mortimer Street Mudgee, as his next of kin. He was allotted to the 18th Australian Infantry Battalion. He embarked HMAT ‘Runic’ at Sydney on 20th January 1916. The ship reached Alexandria on 26th February. After only a month’s further training in Egypt Mullen re-embarked to join the British Expeditionary Forces on the Western Front in France and travelled to Marseilles, reaching that port on 3rd April. He was taken on the strength of the 2nd Australian Division Base Depot at Etaples the next day and the 20th Battalion on 1st June 1916.
He was killed in action on 26th July 1916 He has no known grave. He is remembered on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France.
A pension of £2 per fortnight was granted to Fargy Mullen’s widowed mother from 19th November 1916.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board