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Frederick Cecil MEAD

Regimental number3591
Date of birth27 October 1895
Place of birthCatargo, New South Wales
SchoolSt Vincent's School, Redfern, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationShop assistant
Address211 Marrickville Street, Marrickville, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Mead, 211 Marrickville Street, Marrickville, New South Wales
Enlistment date7 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on 13 October 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3591A
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 6 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row Q, Grave No. 8), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
157
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Ellen MEAD, 165 Marrickville Road, Marrickville, New South Wales. Native of Sydney, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsBrother: 30212 Gunner William Henry MEAD, 10th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 12 May 1918.

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