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Frederick COURTNEY

Regimental number21
Place of birthBridgetown, Barbadoes, West Indies
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressState School, No 1 State Mill, Manjimup, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 9"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFather, H E Courtney, State School, No 1 State Mill, Manjimup, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date27 August 1914
Place of enlistmentHelena Vale, Western Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 31 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 27 August 1914; taken on strength, 11th Bn. 6 October 1914.
FateDied of disease 10 November 1914
Age at death21
Place of burialDied of pneumonia at sea
Commemoration detailsChatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
61
Other details

Died at sea on board HT 'Medic' en route to Colombo, Ceylon, 4.30 am, 10 November 1914 (pleurisy and pneumonia).

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, COURTNEY Frederick

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