Cpl
Frederick Furnell
Informations sur naissance
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Année de naissance: 1887 |
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Lieu de naissance: Newport, Victoria, Australia |
Informations générales
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Dernière résidence connue: Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia |
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Profession: Pompier |
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Religion: Church of England |
Informations service militaire
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Pays: Australia |
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Force armée: Australian Imperial Force |
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Rang: Corporal |
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Numéro de service: 511 |
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Incorporation date: 14/12/1916 |
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Incorporation nom de lieu: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Unités: — Australian Light Railway Operating Company, 1st Coy. (Dernière unité connue) |
Informations sur décès
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Date de décès: 19/09/1917 |
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Lieu de décès: Swan Chateau, Ieper, Belgique |
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Cause du décès: Killed in action (K.I.A.) |
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Âge: 30 |
Cimetière
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Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery Parcelle: II Rangée: A Tombe: 7 |
Distinctions et médailles 2
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British War Medal Médaille |
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Victory Medal Médaille |
Points d'intérêt 3
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Mon histoire
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.
Rapports avec d'autres militaires 1
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Gilbert James Furnell
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Sources 7
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AIF Project https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=105725 Sources utilisées |
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CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/92784/frederick-furnell/ Sources utilisées |
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Image https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/229165119?keyword=Furnell Sources utilisées |
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Service Record https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=4001573 Sources utilisées |
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The Australian War Memorial https://www.awm.gov.au/advanced-search/people?people_preferred_name=Furnell&people_service_number=511&people_unit= Sources utilisées |
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The Long Long Trail http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/order-of-battle-of-divisions/australian-and-new-zealand-division/ Sources utilisées |
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War Diary https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1345941 Sources utilisées |