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Frederick CAREY

Regimental number719
Place of birthWangaratta, Victoria
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressWangaratta, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinFather, William Carey, Wangaratta, Victoria
Enlistment date1 February 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name36th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 13 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll36th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted, 25 January 1916; taken on strength, 36th Bn, 11 February 1916.
FateKilled in Action 21 January 1917
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death25
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery ( Plot III, Row D, Grave No. 11), Armentieres
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
126
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 5566 Pte Charles Henry CAREY, 22nd Bn, killed in action, 18 September 1917; 4991 Pte Alfred CAREY, 22nd Bn, returned to Australia, 12 December 1918; 6849 Pte James CAREY, 1st Bn, returned to Australia, 22 July 1917; 2585 Pte Thomas Lindsay CAREY MM, 18th Bn, returned to Australia, 20 November 1918; 6778 Pte George Leslie CAREY, 20th Bn/22nd Reinforcements, did not embark overseas.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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