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FRITH, Wilfred Ernest
Personal Details
Service Number: | 22374 |
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Enlisted: | 17 January 1916, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania |
Last Rank: | Driver |
Last Unit: | 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade |
Born: | Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia, 31 January 1894 |
Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Orchardist |
Died: | Tasmania, Australia, April 1982, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Ulverstone General Cemetery, Tasmania Cemetery Section S-8, R-J, Plot 12 Buried on the 13 April 1982 His wife was interred in the same grave having died in 1940 |
Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
17 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 22374, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, Enlisted at Claremont, Tasmania | |
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20 May 1916: | Involvement Driver, 22374, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
20 May 1916: | Embarked Driver, 22374, 23rd Field Artillery (Howitzer) Brigade, HMAT Medic, Melbourne | |
19 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, Later reverted to the rank of Driver on 16 February 1918 at his own request | |
25 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 22374, Discharged at 6th Military District |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Ernest Frith and Sarah Frith nee Woodman
Husband of Ruby Caroline Frith nee Hearps of Devonport, Tasmania
Commenced return to Australia on 3 July 1919 on board HT Prinz Hubertus disembarking on 22 August 1919.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal