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FREE, Samuel John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 415 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Corack, Victoria, Australia, 5 January 1893 |
| Home Town: | Lalbert, Gannawarra, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 26 May 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Plot II, Row C, Grave 24 Headstone Inscription "DEARLY LOVED AND SADLY MISSED INSERTED BY HIS FATHER AND MOTHER" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 415, 15th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 415, 15th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 26 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 415, 3rd Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 415 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-26 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Samuel and Fanny FREE. of Lalbert, Victoria, Australia.
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