Regimental number | 802 |
Place of birth | Hazlewood, Suffolk, England |
Other training | Woodbridge Grammar School, England |
Age on arrival in Australia | 26 |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Labourer |
Address | Brighton-le-Sands PO, Brighton-le-Sands, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 30 |
Height | 5' 6.5" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Mrs S Sherwood, Playford, Ipswich, Suffolk, England |
Previous military service | Served in the Suffolk Yeomonary, England. |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Place of enlistment | Holsworthy, New South Wales |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 1st Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/6/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A6 Clan Mccorquodale on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | RoHC lists middle name as Herbert. Brother Harold Samuel, same battalion, was killed at the same place on the same day. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll) | *Given name Frederick Herbert |
Place of death or wounding | Pope's Hill, Gallipoli |
Age at death | 29 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 29 |
Place of burial | Quinn's Post Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 6), Gallipoli, Turkey |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 2 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Samuel Robert and Mary Elizabeth SHERWOOD, Playford, Ipswich, England |
Family/military connections | Brother: No.821Harold Samuel Sherwood, 1st Light Horse Regiment, who was killed in action at Pope's Hill, Gallipoli on 7 August 1915 and Cyril E. Hughes of the same regiment, later Colonel Hughes in Reconstruction Forces, Memorial Department. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, SHERWOOD Frederick |