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Frederick Charles LINN

Regimental number6108
Date of birth24 January 1876
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolFlinders Street Model School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLocomotive engine-driver, SAR
AddressAllawoona, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation41
Height5' 4.5"
Weight190 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs Emily Sophia Field, Nottingham Avenue, Keswick, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date23 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 6 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll27th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 24 August 1918
Discharge date28 October 1918
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Adelaide, 7 November 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 9 January 1917, and marched in to 7th Training Bn, Rollestone.

Marched in to 6th Training Bn, Fovant, 8 November 1917.

Marched out to No 2 Command Depot, Weymouth, 5 June 1918.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Mwedic' for discharge (visceroptosis), 24 August 1918; disembarked Melbourne, 11 October 1918, for onward travel by train to Adelaide, 15 October 1918; discharged (medically unfit), Adelaide, 28 October 1918.

Medal: British War Medal

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