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Karl August Richard FRIEDRICHS

Place of birthPoint Pass, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
Address31 Hawker's Road, Medindie, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinWife, Mrs E N Friedricks, 31 Hawker's Road, Medindie, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in Citizen Military Forces, area officer.
Enlistment date27 May 1915
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name27th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 31 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollMajor
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 21 April 1918
Place of death or woundingAlbert, France
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VIII, Row H, Grave No. 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
110
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Ellen FRIEDRICHS; husband of Bebee FRIEDRICHS, Marlborough Road, Westbourne Park, South Australia.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Wounded in action, remaining at duty, Belgium, 3 October 1917.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 4 October 1917 (gun shot wound, right shoulder).

Killed in action, 21 April 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, FRIEDRICHS Karl August Richard

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