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Frederick SHERWOOD

Regimental number802
Place of birthHazlewood, Suffolk, England
Other trainingWoodbridge Grammar School, England
Age on arrival in Australia26
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressBrighton-le-Sands PO, Brighton-le-Sands, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 6.5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMrs S Sherwood, Playford, Ipswich, Suffolk, England
Previous military serviceServed in the Suffolk Yeomonary, England.
Enlistment date12 December 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll11 December 1914
Place of enlistmentHolsworthy, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Light Horse Regiment, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/6/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A6 Clan Mccorquodale on 6 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Light Horse Regiment
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularRoHC lists middle name as Herbert. Brother Harold Samuel, same battalion, was killed at the same place on the same day.
FateKilled in Action 7 August 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Frederick Herbert
Place of death or woundingPope's Hill, Gallipoli
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialQuinn's Post Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 6), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
2
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel Robert and Mary Elizabeth SHERWOOD, Playford, Ipswich, England
Family/military connectionsBrother: No.821Harold Samuel Sherwood, 1st Light Horse Regiment, who was killed in action at Pope's Hill, Gallipoli on 7 August 1915 and Cyril E. Hughes of the same regiment, later Colonel Hughes in Reconstruction Forces, Memorial Department.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, SHERWOOD Frederick

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