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PILGRIM, Frederick John

Service Number:	606
Enlisted:	28 August 1916, Showground Camp, Sydney
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	9th Machine Gun Company
Born:	West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia, 2 October 1896
Home Town:	Maitland, Maitland Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Maitland Boys' High School, Maitland, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Shell blast, No. 44 Casualty Clearing Station, Nine Elms, Poperinghe, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Godewaersvelde British Cemetery I. P. 25.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bolwarra Public School Roll of Honour, Bolwarra War Memorial, Maitland High School Roll of Honour, West Maitland Superior Public School Honor Roll

World War 1 Service

28 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 606, 1st Machine Gun Company, Showground Camp, Sydney
17 Jan 1917:	Involvement Private, 606, 1st Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
17 Jan 1917:	Embarked Private, 606, 1st Machine Gun Company, RMS Omrah, Melbourne
17 Jun 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 9th Machine Gun Company
10 Oct 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 9th Machine Gun Company
13 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 606, 9th Machine Gun Company, 1st Passchendaele, Shell wounds face, arm and leg

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