Regimental number | 764 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Osaka, Japan |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Horse breaker |
Address | Glen Innes, New South Wales |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 29 |
Height | 5' 10.25" |
Weight | 150 lbs |
Next of kin | Mrs Edith May Freame, 51 Kings Road, Hornsby, Yorkshire, England |
Previous military service | Served in the Mexican Army. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Kensington, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Lance Corporal |
Unit name | 1st Battalion, F Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/18/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A19 Afric on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 29251 (5 August 1915); 'Commonwealth Gazette', No. 133 (28 October 1915). |
Fate | Returned to Australia |
Medals |
Distinguished Conduct Medal 'On 25th April, 1915, and subsequently during operations near Gaba Tepe, for displaying the utmost gallantry in taking water to the firing line although twice hit by snipers.'
Source: 'London Gazette' No. 6545 Date: |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionasry Force, Gallipoli, 5 April 1915. Appointed Sergeant, 28 April 1915. Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal. Wounded in action, 15 August 1915 (gun shot wound, right arm), admitted to No 1 Casualty Clearing Station, Anzac, and transferred to Mudros; to Enland, 17 August 1915, and admitted to Military Hospital, Newend, Hampstead, London, 31 August 1915. Returned to Egypt from A&NZ Base Depot, Weymouth, with No 26 Draft, 25 March 1916; disembarked Alexandria, 6 April 1916. Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 15 April 1916 (old wound, right arm); transferred by Ambulance Train to 3rd Auxiliary Hospital, 16 April 1916; to 1st Auxiliary Hospital, 13 May 1916. Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Port Sydney', 24 June 1916 (recommended for discharge); arrived Sydney, 22 July 1916; discharged (medically unfit), 20 November 1916. Medals: Distinguished Conduct Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Place of birth on Attestation Form given as Alberta, Canada; C.E.W. Bean, 'The Story of Anzac', vol. 1, p. 313 gives place of birth as Osaka, Japan. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, FREAME Wykeham Henry |