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Frederick Clarence TESSEYMAN

Regimental number758
Place of birthIlkley, Torkshire, England
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o F Tesseyman, 5 Cowper Street, Chapel Town Road, Leeds, Eng
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 6.5"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinFather, Frederick Tessyman, 5 Cowper Street, Leeds, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 February 1915
Place of enlistmentAyr, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name25th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/42/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 29 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll25th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 24 January 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Photo: Andrew Richardson
Discharge date16 March 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Delta', 24 January 1919; arrived, Melbourne, 7 March 1919, for onward travel by boat to Brisbane; discharged (wounded), Brisbane, 16 March 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsSurname incorrectly entered on Embarkation Roll as TESSYMAN.
Date of death14 March 1947
Age at death53
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, TESSEYMAN Frederick Clarence

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