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BALLERUM, Frederick Christian William
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | 695, 6837 |
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Enlisted: | 11 August 1914 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1882 |
Home Town: | Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Engineer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gundagai War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
11 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 695, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps | |
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19 Aug 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 695, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , HMAT Ballarat - Sydney | |
25 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6837, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6837, 8th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6837, 8th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Frederick Christian William BALLERUM was born in Sydney , NSW in 1882
His parents were Frederick Jensen BALLERUM & Louisa NADAULD who married in Sydney in 1880
He married Ethel ASHDOWN in Sydney in 1914 - one son Christian Frederick William who served during WW2 and was discharged on 11th May, 1944 (Service No. NX58998 )