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Frederick William HUMPHREY

Regimental number342
Place of birthFootscray, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
Address12 Napier Street, Footscray, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation38
Height5' 4"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Louisa Humphrey, 12 Napier Street, Footscray, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 October 1915
Place of enlistmentBroadmeadows, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name31st Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/48/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 9 November 1915
Two ships sailed from Melbourne carrying men from the 31st Battalion Headquarters and Companies A, B, C, and D: HMAT A62,'Wandilla', on 9 November 1915, and HMAT A41, 'Bakara', on 5 November 1915.
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll31st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 July 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death40
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 3), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
118
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Louisa HUMPHREY, Mitcham Road, Mitcham, Victoria. Native of Footscray
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 9 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 7 December 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Reported missing, 20 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 1 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 20 July 1916'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Statement, Red Cross File No 1390314, 319 Pte P. HAWKINS, A Company, 31st Bn (patient, HM Queen Mary's Royal Naval Hospital, Southend-on-Sea, England), 22 February 1917: 'In July 1916 in No Mans (sic) Land Humphrey was killed and buried at a spot near where he fell.'
SourcesNAA: B2455, HUMPHREY Frederick William
Red Cross file 1390314

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