FEDDERSEN, Archibald Edward
| Service Number: | 219 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | War related, Military Mental Asylum, Mont Park, Victoria), 27 May 1930, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 219, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 219, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 219, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne | |
| 28 Mar 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 219, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , 3rd MD, wounded 3x in action |
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From How We Served
The final resting place for;- 219 Gunner Archibald Edward Feddersen of Coburg, Victoria had been employed as an electrion before he enlisted for War Service on the 22nd of August 1914 and was allocated to the 7th Battalion 1st AIF.
Archibald embarked for Egypt and further training on the 21st of October 1914 and by the 25th of April 1915 he was amongst those first Australian troops to be landed at Gallipoli. Archibald remained on duty until he was wounded in action by a bullet wound to his right side and chest at Krithia on the 8th of May and was evacuated for hospitalisation at Port Said after which he was set to Alexandria for convalescence. Archibald was returned to his Unit in the trenches of Gallipoli where he was taken back on strength on the 7th of August and five days later was again wounded but remained on duty.
On the 29th of September Archibald was admitted into hospital at Lemnos Island due to sickness and was not deemed fit enough for further duty until the 24th of February when he was temporarily attached to the Australian Army Pay Corps after having been returned to Egypt. Archibald was transferred over to the 12th Field Artillery Brigade with which he was shipped to France with, being disembarked on the 9th of June 1916.
Archibald’s service in Northern France and Belgium would be continuous asides bouts of sickness which caused him to be away from his Unit for short periods until he was wounded in action for a third occasion, having been hit in the shoulder by shrapnel on the 18th of April 1918, and following his recovery he re-joined his Unit in the field on the 21st of April. Archibald was evacuated back to England suffering from influenza on the 7th of July, and after periods of more convalesces he re-joined his Unit in Northern France on the 13th of October until he was returned to England to begin his repatriation back to Australia, departing England on the 3rd of December.
Following his return to Australia Archibald received his official discharge from the 1st AIF on the 28th of March 1919 and was re-entered into civilian life. Archibald’s mental health broke down after his discharge and following short periods of hospitalisation he was admitted into the Military Mental Asylum (Mont Park) on the 18th of March 1929 and by the 16th of September 1930 he was released having been recorded as recovered.
On the 1st of March 1932, cited now as suffering insanity caused by War Service, he was readmitted into the Asylum where he was to die whilst still in residence on the 27th of May 1937. Following his passing Archibald was formally laid to rest within Fawkner Cemetery, Victoria.
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