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Frederick Leopold CALOV

Regimental number3125
Place of birthYapps Brush, New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBridge carpenter
AddressPembrooke via Wauchope, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, Ernest A Calov, Pembrooke via Wauchope, New South Wales
Enlistment date31 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name56th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/73/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 11 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 27 September 1917
Place of death or woundingPolygon Wood, Belgium
Age at death26
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row D, Grave No. 4), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
162
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Beechwood Cemetery, New South Wales. Parents: Ernest and Rebecca CALOV. Native of Wingham, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2282 Pte Ernest Adolphus CALOV, 34th Bn, killed in action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 12 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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