CAPPER, Frederick Harrison
Service Numbers: | 1690, 3801 |
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Enlisted: | 16 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1 October 1878 |
Home Town: | Preston, Darebin, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Saddler |
Died: | Natural causes, Elwood, Victoria, Australia, 20 June 1955, aged 76 years |
Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
Memorials: |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 1690, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles | |
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1 Jan 1900: | Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Saddler, 1690, 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles |
World War 1 Service
16 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3801, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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8 Feb 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3801, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Warilda embarkation_ship_number: A69 public_note: '' | |
8 Feb 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3801, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Warilda, Melbourne | |
24 Jan 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3801, 22nd Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"3801 Acting Sergeant Frederick Harrison Capper, 9th Reinforcements, 22nd Battalion, of Preston, Vic. A/Sgt Capper enlisted on 16 July 1915 and embarked aboard HMAT Warilda in Melbourne on 8 February 1916. Quarter Master Sergeant Capper returned to Australia aboard HMT Ajana on 17 October 1916... He (also) served as a saddler (number 1690) with the 5th Victorian (Mounted Rifles) Contingent for eighteen months during the Boer War in South Africa." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)