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Frederick George RUSSELL

Regimental number3129
Place of birthSouth Yarra, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPrinters cutter
Address58 Collins Street, Northcote, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 3.5"
Weight119 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs M Russell, 58 Collins Street, Northcote, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 10th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 29 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 17), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
168
Family/military connectionsBrother: 9325 Gunner Albert Arthur RUSSELL, 4th Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 3 May 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 6th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 January 1916.

Transferred to and taken on strength of 58th Bn, 17 February 1916.

Transferred to and taken on strength of 59th Bn, 15 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Statement, Red Cross File No 2380505, 3022 Signaller C.F. CALLANAN, 59th Bn, 17 December 1916: 'His pal H.Q. Signaller Smith who went out to Australia with him and came here with him went out out and saw his body in "No Man's Land".'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, RUSSELL Frederick George
Red Cross File No 2380505

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