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Frederick SHARPE

Place of birthWorcester, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFruitgrower
AddressRenmark, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs M Sharpe, c/o R E P Osborne, Clarke and Co, Grenfell Street, Adelaide, South Australia
Enlistment date26 August 1914
Rank on enlistment2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameSpecial Draft, AIF Officers
AWM Embarkation Roll number34/13/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 28 February 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board RMS Ormonde on 7 March 1918
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board RMS Ormonde on 13 March 1918
Rank from Nominal Roll2nd Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal RollBattalion
FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. I), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
60
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in St George the Martyr's Anglican Church, Goodwood, Adelaide, South Australia. Inscription reads: 'To the Glory of God. In Honour of Our Lady, Blessed Michael the Archangel, Blessed George the Martyr & of all the Blessed Saints. To the dear Memory of all those who went forth from this Altar, where they offered the Holy Sacrifice of the Body and Blood of Christ, to give their lives in the Great War. This Screen is Blessed on Anzac Day 25 April 1922 being the Feast of Saint Mark the Evangelist.' Parents: Walter and Eliza SHARPE; husband of Molly SHARPE, 'Tiverton', Henley Beach, South Australia
Miscellaneous detailsSee 444 Frederick SHARPE for first period of service.
SourcesNAA: B2455, SHARPE Frederick

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