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Fredk Keith LOOKER

Regimental number308
Place of birthMurrumbeena, Victoria
SchoolMalvern Grammar School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank clerk
AddressMurrumbeena, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMrs Fanny R Looker, Neerim Road, Murrumbeena, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets.
Enlistment date3 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularCaptain of Caulfield Lacrosse Clubs "A" Team. Secretary Oakleigh Cricket Club. Qualified as accountant by passing examination of Institute of Accountants, Victoria.
FateDied of disease 15 November 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot D, Row VI, Grave No. 5), Europe
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
97
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Fanny LOOKER, "Yanbee", Neerim Road, Murrumbeena, Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother Sgt W R Looker 5th Batt AIF died of wounds France Nov 1916. Sister - Sister M F Looker Aust Nursing Service 1915-1920 Egypt and France. Brother Lt A W Looker DSO Cambridgeshire Regt Imperial Army 1914-1919, France, South Africa and East Africa.

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