L/Cpl
Frederick Benedict Alsop

Information about birth

Date of birth:
15/02/1897
Place of birth:
Winchelsea, Victoria, Australia

General information

Profession:
Steward at The Geelong Club

Army information

Country:
Australia
Force:
Australian Imperial Force
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Service number:
411
Enlistment date:
11/08/1916
Units:
 —  Australian Machine Gun Corps, 24th Coy.  (Last known unit)

Information about death

Date of death:
17/10/1917
Place of death:
Passchendaele Ridge, Broodseinde - Keerselaar (D.17.b.1.2. - D.29.a.90.25), Belgium
Cause of death:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Age:
20

Memorial

Distinctions and medals 3

Points of interest 1

#1 Place of birth

My story

On the night of the 17th October, at 11 p.m., the 24th Australian Machine Gun Company was defending the line at Passchendaele Ridge (Broodseinde-Keerselaar) . Lance corporal Frederick Benedict Alsop was probably killed while holding and consolidating the line. He was killed instantaneously by a shell falling on the dugout which they had occupied. He was buried just beside the cemetry. A cross, with the rising sun on top, was placed on his grave.

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CWGC
http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1597379/ALSOP,%20FREDERICK%20BENEDICT
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National Archives of Australia
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/NameSearch/Interface/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=3032561&isAv=N
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The AIF-Project
https://aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=3967
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The Long Long Trail
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/
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War Diary 24th Australian Machine Gun Company October 1917
https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/RCDIG1006603/
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