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Frederick Harrison CALDWELL

Regimental number851
Date of birth8 August 1896
Place of birthEaglehawk, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFoundry hand
AddressBack Road, Job's Gully, Bendigo, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 9"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinFather, G Caldwell, Back Road, Job's Gully, Bendigo, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in Citizen Military Forces for 12 months; still serving at time of AIF enlistment.
Enlistment date22 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 August 1914
Place of enlistmentBendigo, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 8 October 1915
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in Victorian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date26 April 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 5 April 1915.

Transferred by HS 'Goorkha' to Alexandria, 2 May 1915 (rheumatism); to England, and admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, 16 May 1915; discharged to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 13 August 1915.

Commenced return to Australia from Plymouth on board HT 'Suevic', 8 October 1915; arrived Melbourne, 20 November 1915; discharged, Melbourne, 26 April 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death26 February 1977
SourcesNAA: B2455, CALDWELL Frederick Harrison

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