FRIZELL, Malcolm Joseph
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | 5 August 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
| Born: | Strathfield, New South Wales, 7 April 1892 |
| Home Town: | Strathfield, Strathfield, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School; Sydney University |
| Occupation: | Medical Practitioner |
| Died: | Natural causes, Homebush, New South Wales, 1 July 1981, aged 89 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Aug 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Army Medical Corps (AIF) | |
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| 24 Nov 1918: | Involvement Captain, Medical Officers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAS Encounter embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 24 Nov 1918: | Embarked Captain, Medical Officers, HMAS Encounter, Sydney |
Non Warlike Service
| 16 Feb 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, Army Medical Corps (AIF), SS 'Atuna' at Samoa for return to Australia - disembarked Sydney. | |
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| 1 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Army Medical Corps (AIF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Michael Silver
Dr Malcolm Frizell enlisted in August, 1918 and sailed with the rank of Captain in November with the Army Medical Corps expedition for relief of pneumonic influenza in Samoa. On return he was Medical Officer at the Garrison Hospital, Milson Island (Hawkesbury River) and Holdsworthy Concentration Camp until demobilisation.
One of five sons of Irishman, Dr Thomas Frizell and his English wife Annie, his two older brothers Major Thomas James Frizell and Corporal Frederick George Frizell both served in the Great War. Oldest brother Thomas, who was also a medical practitioner, died of wounds in December 1917.
After the war, Malcolm Frizell married Vera Rose Bull at Burwood in 1920. Living at Enfield, he maintained surgeries at Enfield and South Strathfield. In 1938 he was appointed Medical Officer to the School Medical Service a position he held for the next 20 years.
Malcolm Frizell and his wife moved to Merideth Street, Homebush during the 1960s.
Dr Malcolm Joseph Frizell died at Homebush in July 1981 only six months after the passing of his wife of 60 years.