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Frederick John SIBERT

Regimental number3482
Place of birthBerwick, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTimber getter
AddressBlackbutt, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Amelia Sibert, Yarloop, SW Railway, Western Australia
Enlistment date18 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name52nd Battalion 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/69/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 24 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll52nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death22.5
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row F, Grave No. 7), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
156
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward adn Amelia SIBERT, Wyalcatchem, Western Australia. Native of Victoria
Family/military connectionsBrother: No.4551 Edward Justin Sibert, 28th Battalion, who was killed in action at Baupaume, France on 3 June 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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