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Frederick FLITCROFT

Regimental number2372
Place of birthRadcliffe, Lancashire, England
SchoolCongregational, Radcliffe, Lancashire, England
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionCongregational
OccupationFarm hand
Address61 Albion Street, Surry Hills, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, J Flitcroft, 206 Bolton Road, Radcliffe, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name18th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/35/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on 5 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll18th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 20 May 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death22
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 16), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
85
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of James FLITCROFT, 206 Bolton Road, Radcliffe, near Manchester, England

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