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Frederick William SCHIMENTZ

Regimental number4936
Place of birthLyndoch, South Australia
SchoolPublic School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressYorketown, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Schimentz, Renmark, South Australia
Enlistment date14 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Mongolia on 9 March 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 8 June 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death18
Age at death from cemetery records18
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row Q, Grave No. 21), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
151
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Rudolph and Emma SCHIMENTZ, 76 Gloucester Street, Prospect, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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