Cpl
Frederick Furnell
Informationen zu Geburt
Geburtsjahr: 1887 |
Geburtsort: Newport, Victoria, Australia |
Allgemeine Informationen
Letzter bekannter Wohnsitz: Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia |
Beruf: Feuerwehrmann |
Religion: Church of England |
Informationen zum Armeedienst
Land: Australia |
Truppe: Australian Imperial Force |
Rang: Corporal |
Dienstnummer: 511 |
Einberufung datum: 14/12/1916 |
Einberufung ort: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Einheiten: — Australian Light Railway Operating Company, 1st Coy. (Letzte bekannte Einheit) |
Informationen zu Tod
Sterbedatum: 19/09/1917 |
Sterbeort: Swan Chateau, Ieper, Belgien |
Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen |
Alter: 30 |
Begräbnisplatz
Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery Grabstelle: II Reihe: A Grab: 7 |
Auszeichnungen und Orden 2
British War Medal Medaille |
Victory Medal Medaille |
Punkte von Interesse 3
#1 | Geburtsort | ||
#2 | Letzter bekannter Wohnort | ||
#3 | Einberufung ort |
Meine Geschichte
Corporal Frederick Furnell lived as fireman with his wife Ellen Hannah and his 2 children in the town of Ascot Vale, Victoria in Australia.
At the age of 29 he enlisted the 15th Australian Light Railway Operational Company of the AIF.
In the second half of 1917 the Company worked at the front in Flanders during the Battle of Passchendaele.
On 19th September Frederick was visiting his younger brother Gilbert James, a lieutenant of the 2nd Pioneers, in the Swan Chateau near Ypres, headquarter of the 2nd Pioneers. They in company with others were having diner in a shack, when a shell struck a tree, exploded and killed 8 of them.
His brother Gilbert lived for four hours, dying in a dressing station, Frederick, 30 years of age, died within 20 minutes.
Corporal Frederick Furnell was buried in the Belgian Corner Cemetery Ypres, Belgium, plot II, row A, grave 7.
At the age of 29 he enlisted the 15th Australian Light Railway Operational Company of the AIF.
In the second half of 1917 the Company worked at the front in Flanders during the Battle of Passchendaele.
On 19th September Frederick was visiting his younger brother Gilbert James, a lieutenant of the 2nd Pioneers, in the Swan Chateau near Ypres, headquarter of the 2nd Pioneers. They in company with others were having diner in a shack, when a shell struck a tree, exploded and killed 8 of them.
His brother Gilbert lived for four hours, dying in a dressing station, Frederick, 30 years of age, died within 20 minutes.
Corporal Frederick Furnell was buried in the Belgian Corner Cemetery Ypres, Belgium, plot II, row A, grave 7.
Verwandte, die auch Soldat waren 1
Gilbert James Furnell
Brother |
Quellen 7
AIF Project https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=105725 Verwendete Quellen |
CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/92784/frederick-furnell/ Verwendete Quellen |
Image https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/229165119?keyword=Furnell Verwendete Quellen |
Service Record https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4001573 Verwendete Quellen |
The Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search/people?people_preferred_name=Furnell&people_service_number=511&people_unit= Verwendete Quellen |
The Long Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/australian-and-new-zealand-division/ Verwendete Quellen |
War Diary https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1345941 Verwendete Quellen |