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Fred Farmer BASSETT

Regimental number3114
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolSt Peter's State School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWarehouseman
Address10 Walkerville Road, St Peters, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Bassett, 10 Walkerville Road, St Peters, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets (Compulsory Military Training scheme).
Enlistment date24 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied in Devonport Hospital of cerebro spinal fever.
FateDied of disease 10 March 1917
Date of death10 March 1917
Age at death23.9
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialEfford Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 4937), Plymouth, Devonshire
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
150
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick Farmer BASSETT and Alice Mary BASSETT. Native of South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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