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Frederick Richard SERGEANT

Regimental number6511
Place of birthWellington Street, St Kilda, Victoria
SchoolPunt Road State School, South Yarra, VIctoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWarehouseman
Address29 Donald Street, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, F Sergeant, 29 Donald Street, Prahran, Melbourne, Victoria
Previous military service23rd Battery Australian Field Artillery; Served in Artillery, Citizen Military Forces for 4 years.
Enlistment date19 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 4, Battery 11
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/32/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 18 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 17 November 1916
Place of death or woundingFlers, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialA.I.F. Burial Ground (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No. 13), Grass Lane, Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Margaret SERGEANT, 29 Donald Street, Prahran, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousin: Lt John Bevan, 10th Battery, 4th Brigade, MM.

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