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Frederick William MALPAS

Regimental number915
Place of birthSouth Brisbane, Queensland
SchoolSouth Brisbane State School, Queensland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRailway porter
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs Florence Malpas, Brooke Street, South Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military serviceServed in the 8th Infantry, Citizen Military Forces; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date21 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name41st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular'He was killed by an American Dud shell. The gun bursting during ant aircraft practice. A fighting family: all the mates enlisted and went to the front.' (details from mother)
FateDied of wounds 11 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialTrois Arbres Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No 37), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
20
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Florence MALPAS, Brook Street, South Brisbane, Queensland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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