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Frederick William APPLEBY

Regimental number914
Place of birthSouth Australia
SchoolWay College, Adelaide, South Australia
Other trainingEngineering
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngineer
AddressMidland Junction, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ruby R Appleby, Cooper Street, Midland Junction, Western Australia
Enlistment date6 November 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 October 1916
Rank on enlistment2nd Corporal
Unit nameRailway Unit, Section 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number15/9/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 29 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollWarrant Officer (Class II)
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Railway Company
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of pneumonia.
FateDied of disease 20 September 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death37
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row F, Grave No. 7), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
26
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary APPLEBY; husband of Ruby APPLEBY, Cape Street, Midland Junction, Western Australia. Native of Adelaide, South Australia

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