John Frederick FRYER

Regimental number1340
Place of birthSouth Tottenham, London, England
SchoolStomford Hill, North London, England
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionBaptist
OccupationMail driver
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMrs R E Fryer, 186 Cornwall Road, South Tottenham, London, England
Enlistment date5 October 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on 2 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 18 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialPozieres British Cemetery (Plot III, Row S, Grave No. 27), Ovillers-La-Boisselle, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
50
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Rosalia Ella FRYER, 24 Gladsmuir Road, Highgate, London, England. Native of South Tottenham, London