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Frederic John LINACRE

Regimental number620
Date of birth4 February 1889
Place of birthDarwin, Northern Territory
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPearling and Mounted Police
AddressMotor Garage, a'Beckett Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 8.5"
Weight166 lbs
Next of kinJ.L.Linacre, Motor Garage, a'Beckett Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 January 1915
Place of enlistmentBroadmeadows, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Light Horse Regiment, C Squadron
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/14/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A10 Karroo on 11 February 1915
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Light Horse Regiment
Promotions

2nd Lieutenant


Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
Promotion date: 22 October 1915

Lieutenant


Unit: 9th Light Horse Regiment
Promotion date: 24 March 1916

Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Recommendation date: 19 April 1917

FateReturned to Australia 15 February 1918
Discharge date21 May 1918
Other details

War service: Proceeded from Egypt to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 16 May 1915.

Admitted to New Zealand Field Ambulance, 28 June 1915 (influenza), and transferred to Fleet Sweeper; transferred to 26th Casualty Clearing Station, 1 July 1915; returned to duty, 9 July 1915.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 16 August 1915; promoted Sergeant, 28 August 1915; 2nd Lieutenant, 22 October 1915.

Mentioned in Army Corps Routine Orders, 13 October 1915, for 'good reconnaissance work'.

With detachment to Mudros, 10 November 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 27 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Promoted Lieutenant, 24 March 1916.

Admitted to 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, 27 September 1916(diarrhoea); transferred to 2nd Light Horse field Ambulance Casualty Clearing Station, Kantara, 29 September 1916; to 31st General Hospital, Port Said, 1 October 1916; discharged to duty, 14 October 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 14 October 1916.

Admitted to Change of Air Camp, El Arish, 7 July 1917; returned to duty, 23 July 1917.

Wounded in action, Beersheba, 31 October 1917 (gun shot wound, head, right arm, right buttock); admitted to 1st Light Horse Field Ambulance, 1 November 1917; transferred to 65th Casualty Clearing Station, 2 November 1917, and thence same day by Hospital Train to 43rd Stationary Hospital; to 44th Stationary Hospital, 3 November 1917; to 14th Australian General Hospital, Cairo, 4 November 1917.

Found guilty, 21 December 1917, of when on Active Service drunkenness, in that he at 14 AGH Abbassia on 7/12/17 was drunk': reprimanded.

Commenced return to Australia from Suez on board HT 'Ulysses', 15 February 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 18 March 1918; discharged (appointment terminated),Melbourne, 21 May 1918.

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

See other entry under Frederic John LINACRE for second period of service.
Miscellaneous detailsDate of birth also stated to be 23 January 1890; place of birth stated (Statutory Declaration, 28 May 1918) to be Carlton, Victoria.
Date of death17 January 1922 Rabaul
SourcesNAA: B2455, LINACRE Frederic John

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