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Frederick Cook SWEENEY

Regimental number3471
Place of birthNewcastle-on-Tyne, England
SchoolEngland
Age on arrival in Australia24
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
Address99 Newcastle Street, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinWife, Mrs F M Sweeney, 40 Wasley Street, North Perth, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date5 August 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 2 November 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll2471
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 10 August 1918
Place of death or woundingCrepoy Wood near Lihons, France
Age at death31.6
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VII, Row E, Grave No. 15), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
64
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Patrick Joseph and Margaret Anne SWEENEY; husband of Florence Maud SWEENEY, 40 Wasley Street, North Perth, Western Australia

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