Frederick Lancelot GILES

GILES, Frederick Lancelot

Service Number: 1885
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd Australian Remount Unit
Born: Mount Pleasant, Barossa - South Australia, Australia, 18 December 1891
Home Town: Mount Pleasant, Barossa, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: 29 June 1923, aged 31 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Mount Pleasant St. John's Cemetery
Memorials: Mount Pleasant Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

10 Nov 1915: Involvement Private, 1885, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915: Embarked Private, 1885, 2nd Australian Remount Unit, RMS Orontes, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Paula Bartsch

Enlised 30 September 1915 at Brisbane, Queensland.

Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT RMS Orontes on 10 November 1915.

Served in Egypt, suffered with mumps 9 March 1916; continued illness throughout his service.

Returned to Australia 22 August 1919, failed to embark per Burma to Fremantle, Western Australia.

AWOL ship order Takada

Commemorated on Mount Pleasant Soldiers' Memorial Hall Honor Board, Mount Pleasant Presbyterian Church Honor Board and Mount Pleasant St John Anglican Church Honor Board.

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