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Charles Stening FRISBY

Regimental number3101
Place of birthLondon, England
SchoolManor House School, Havant, Hampshire, England
Other trainingSailor in the Merchant Service
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStation bookkeeper
AddressPerth, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation44
Next of kinSister, Mrs L Creevey, 'Scalam', Mareschal Road, Guildford, Surrey, England
Enlistment date26 April 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll8 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name5th Pioneer Battalion, Reinforcement 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/17/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A8 Argyllshire on 9 November 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3101A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularBuried at Anzac Ridge, presumed killed there.
FateKilled in Action 15 October 1917
Place of death or woundingAnzac Ridge, Ypres Sector, Belgium
Age at death47
Age at death from cemetery records47
Place of burialPerth Cemetery (China Wall) (Plot VI, Row G, Grave No. 17), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
174
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Lucy Anna FRISBY
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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