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Fred. CHADWICK

Regimental number1004
Place of birthPreston, Victoria
SchoolBrunswick State School, No. 1213, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
Address56 Pearson Street, West Brunswick, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 5.5"
Weight162 lbs
Next of kinFather, Charles Chadwick, 56 Pearson Street, West Brunswick, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 12 months in Army Service Corps in 1910, also in the Naval Force 1907-1908.
Enlistment date6 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name31st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/48/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 9 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll31st Battalion
FateKilled in Action 21 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFromelles, France
Age at death25.6
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialRue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row L, Grave No. 68), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
118
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Alice CHADWICK, 56 Pearson Street West Brunswick, Victoria
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Melbourne, 9 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 7 December 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 June 1916.

Killed in action, 21 July 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNext of kin address subsequently, Mother, A. A. Chadwick, 56 Pearson Street, West Brunswick, Victoria (father deceased, 1916)
SourcesNAA: B2455, CHADWICK Fred.

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