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Frederick Edward CURWEN

Regimental number254
Place of birthToorak Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Addressc/- Miss B Curwen, c/- Mrs Affleck, Hawkesdale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, Alexander Edward Curwen, Terminus Hotel, Packenham Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date8 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll5 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name28th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 21 September 1915
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialLone Pine (Special Memorial A. 6), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
112
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated (marble tablet) in St John's Anglican Church, Fremantle, Western Australia. Inscription reads: 'To the glory of God. The Choir Vestry was erected A.D. 1922 in grateful memory of the men from this parish who gave their lives for God and King and Country in the Great War 1914-1919. "Their name liveth for evermore."' Parents: Alexander and Elizabeth CURWEN
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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