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Frederick Gordon STEINWEDEL

Regimental number1210
Place of birthAdelaide South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
AddressBroad Street, Payneham, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs. Edith Sarah Steinwedel, Broad Street, Payneham, South Australia
Enlistment date25 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Light Horse Regiment, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/14/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A15 Star Of England on 21 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Light Horse Regiment
FateReturned to Australia 10 July 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Listed [surname misspelled as STEINWEIDEL] on Clarkson Ltd Roll of Honor (design commissioned but never made): watercolour painting now held in the State Archives of South Australia. The Roll takes the form of a stained glass window headed 'The Great War 1914-1919', with a dedication: 'In Memory of Employees of CLARKSON Ltd who fell in the Great War and in honour of those who left Australia to serve with the Australian Imperial Forces.' The Roll of names is surrounded by scrolls listing major battles, most of which are misspelled: Courtenay's Post, Passchendael, Bullencourt, Poziers, Villers Brettonneux.
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 6023 Corporal Arthur Clyde STEINWEDEL, 10th Bn, returned to Australia, 28 August 1919; Brothers: 3731 Sergeant Hurtle Hermann STEINWEDEL, 9th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 10 July 1919.
Other details

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

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