PRICE, Frederick William
| Service Number: | 2226 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 February 1916, Townsville, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 4th Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, 18 December 1896 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Townsville West State School |
| Occupation: | Telegraphist |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 19 May 1977, aged 80 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Location: Columbarium 9, Section: Section 61 |
| Memorials: | City of Townsville WW1 Honour Roll, Townsville West State School Memorial Gate |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2226, Townsville, Queensland | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2226, 47th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2226, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane | |
| 19 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 1st Signal Company Engineers | |
| 23 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Divisional Signal Company | |
| 30 Nov 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 2226, 4th Divisional Signal Company |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
'PRICE, F. W. Sapper, No. 2226. Born at Charters Towers in 1896. Enlisted at Townsville on the 28th February, 1916, and embarked with 4th Rfts. 47th Battalion, as Signaller, on 16th August, 1916. Arrived in France on 13th February, 1917, and was transferred to 4th Div. Sig. Co. as Sapper, and served with this company until demobilised and returned to Australia, on 16th October, 1919.' from Queenslanders Who Fought in the Great War (nla.gov.au)
'TOWN & COUNTRY.
News has been received from Signaller Fred Price, lately an operator at the Townsville E.T.O., that he has arrived safe in England. He reports having met his brother Ernie, who is also a signaller, he having enlisted in 1915.' from Cairns Post 1 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)
'THE LATE WAR.
Mrs Price, South Townsville, has been advised that her son, Sapper F. W. Price, is returning to Australia by the transport Main, which is due in Melbourne about September 7th.' from Townsville Daily Bulletin 2 Sep 1919 (nla.gov.au)
'MAREEBA NOTES.
Mrs. Price and her son, Mr. Fred Price, from Townsville, are the guests of Mrs. Alphen. Mrs. Price is one of the lucky mothers, in that her three sons, Oliver, Ernest, and Fred, have all safely returned from the war; the eldest bringing an English bride with him. Fred is on holiday, three weeks, from the Townsville Post and Telegraph Department. Mrs. Price is renewing a friendship with Mrs. Alphen, formed over half a century ago. Two other old Towers friends. Mr. and Mrs. Bluet, of this town, were at the re-union.' from Cairns Post 6 Jul 1920 (nla.gov.au)
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