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Fred SCHUMACHER

Regimental number1388
Place of birthLinnes, South Australia
SchoolKadina Public School, South Australia
ReligionProtestant
OccupationLabourer
AddressPeel Street, Yacald, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMrs M Schumacher, Bell Street, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date2 December 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll3 December 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 19 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialShrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No. I), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
81
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Heinrich and Mary SCHUMACHER, 226 Cornish Street, Railway Town, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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