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Thomas James FRIZELL

Date of birth22 March 1889
Place of birthRoebourne, Western Australia
OccupationMedical practitioner
Rank from Nominal RollMajor
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps
Promotions

Captain


Promotion date: 26 March 1915

Major


Promotion date: 14 November 1916

FateDied of wounds -2 December 1917
Place of death or woundingBroodseinde, Belgium
Place of burialMont Huon Military Cemetery (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No. 10B), Le Treport, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
182
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 509 Lance Corporal Fredric George FRIZELL, AAPC, returned to Australia, 21 May 1919; Captain Malcolm FRIZELL, Australian Army Medical Corps, effective abroad (still overseas).
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Sydney on board HT 'Suevic', 12 June 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli (date not recorded).

Temporarily attached to 24th Bn, Gallipoli, 12 December 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 9 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Transferred to 15th Field Ambulance, Tel el Kebir, 24 February 1916; to 5th Australian Field Ambulance, Moascar, 8 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 17 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 23 March 1916.

Detailed as 5th Brigade Gas Officer in addition to own medical duties, 19 May 1916.

Promoted Major, 14 November 1916.

Transferred to 2nd Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 14 November 1916.

On leave to Paris, 9 February 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 16 February 1917.

Posted for duty to 1st Australian Field Ambulance, 15 March 1917; joined 1st Field Ambulance, in the field, 29 March 1917.

Detached for temporary duty with 1st Pioneer Bn, 19 April 1917; rejoined 1st Field Ambulance from attachment, 30 April 1917.

On leave to England, 1 May 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 13 May 1917.

Wounded in action, Belgium, 8 October 1917 (gun shot wound, right leg, left arm, abdomen), and admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance and transferred to 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 10th Red Cross Hospital, Le Treport, 10 October 1917; died of wounds, 2 December 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName does not appear on Embarkation Rolls.

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