Frederick Richard McINTOSH

Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolScotch College Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressNaracoorte, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 6.5"
Weight174 lbs
Next of kinSister, Miss Pamela Rothwell McIntosh, Naracoorte, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the Volunteer Cadets, South Australia; 5 years in Volunteer Cadets, Scotch College, Melbourne; member, Melbourne Citizens Rifle Club.
Enlistment date16 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit name59th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/76/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
FateDied of wounds 28 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Ypres Belgium
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row D, Grave No. 17), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: F. and Pamela McINTOSH. Native of Melbourne, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 2 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, england, 16 november 1916, and marched in to 16th Training Bn, Hurdcott.

Proceeded overseas to France, 10 February 1917; taken on strength, 59th Bn, in the field, 21 February 1917.

Admitted to 14th Field Ambulance, 6 April 1917, and transferred to Divisional Rest Station (furculosis); to 47th Casualty Clearing Station, 13 April 1917; discharged to duty, and rejoined Bn, 23 April 1917.

On Command, 1st Anzac Corps Infantry School, 17 June 1917; rejoined Bn, 21 July 1917.

Appointed Lieutenant, 15 July 1917.

Wounded in action, 26 September 1917 (gun shot wound, shoulder and chest), and admitted to 6th Australian Field Ambulance, and transferred to 3rd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station.

Died of wounds, 1.15 am, 28 September 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, McINTOSH Frederick Richard