KILPATRICK, Frederick Isaac
| Service Number: | 755 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | New South Wales Lancers |
| Born: | Adelong, New South Wales, Australia, April 1873 |
| Home Town: | Carlingford, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Leichhardt Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Slingersfontein, Cape, South Africa, Slingersfontein, Colesberg Area, Cape Colony, South Africa, 16 January 1900 |
| Cemetery: |
Colesberg Cemetery, South Africa Buried on the slopes above Slingersfontein Farm near Coleberg, Northern Cape, South Africa and commemorated in the nearby Colesberg Cemetery. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Carlingford Boer War Plaque, Carlingford Kilpatrick Memorial Plaque, Leichhardt KILPATRICK Boer War Memorial Plaque, Parramatta Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Corporal, 755 | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Corporal, 755, New South Wales Lancers |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Frederick was the younges of five sons and two daughters and was born at Adelong. After leaving school he gained a half scholarship and a took a two years' course at the University. About three years ago he was appointed teacher at the Carlingford Public School, and it was while there he joined the Lancers. He bought a horse for his own use, which he sold before leaving for London with this troops last year. He obtained leave from the Education Department to make the trip. On reaching the Cape, on his way back, he decided to go to the front with his comrades. All five sons of the family are fine, stalwart men. His father, who was, in his time, a man of splended physique, is a direct descendant of the Scottish Covenanters. His family originally hailed from Montrose, but subsequently emigrated to the North of Ireland. All the boys were brought up to the horse and the gun, in their early days, on the Bogan.
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