Pte Frederick Gordon KING AIF d.27/03/1917

[christine liava'a]

Remembering Today:

Pte Frederick Gordon KING, 3559 58 Bn, Australian Infantry, who died aged 18 on 27.03.17. Pozières British Cemetery, France

King, Frederick Gordon

Number: 3559

Rank: Private [Pte]

Unit: 58th Bn Australian Inf

Service: Army

Conflict: 1914-1918

Date of Death: 27/03/1917

Place of Death:

Cause of Death: Died of wounds

Memorial Panel: 165

Cemetery or Memorial Details: FRANCE 832 Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La-Boisselle

Next Of Kin:

Place Of Enlistment: Essendon, VIC

Native Place:

Notes: KING, Pte. Frederick Gordon, 3559. 58th Bn. Australian Inf. Died of wounds 27th March, 1917. Age 18. Son of Robert Henry and Annie Maria King, of Schofield St., Essendon, Victoria, Australia. II. E. 12.

Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army

Roll of Honour card

[Guest Pete Wood]

I find the Australian records the best of all.

There is so much to find - especially with a casualty.

As well as the roll of honour which says when a soldier left Australia (and when he/she returned - or date of death), you can check to see if the soldier was recommended for an award.

In the case of our man, we can tell from his attestation papers that he was a driver

You can also see from the 15 pages of records from the Australian Red Cross Society that he was wounded in the stomach.

He died in 3 CCS and had a brother and cousin serving in the war.

There is also a description of him, and details of his previous unit and even a mention of some leave in London.

Great stuff.

[Guest Pete Wood]

Here is the link to The nominal role showing arrival and departure dates from Australia

Finally, here is a link to the AWM online records at http://www.awm.gov.au/find/index.asp

[christine liava'a]

The Australian National Archives Record Search

http://www.naa.gov.au/the_collection/recordsearch.html

also has an entry for him

Title

King Frederick Gordon : SERN 3559 : POB Melbourne VIC : POE Melbourne VIC : NOK F King Robert Henry

Item barcode

1971500 Series number

B2455 Series accession number

B2455/1

Control symbol

KING F G

Contents date range

circa 1914 - circa 1920 Extent

Location

Canberra

Access status

Open Reason for restriction

Date of decision

12 Apr 2001

but no-one has yet requested to see his file

[Andrew P]

Seems like King was hit when the 15th Brigade and the 58th Battalion were advancing on the Outpost Villages in front of the Hindenburg Line.

I agree with RT, there is usually quite a bit of info that you can find about someone who died in the Australian forces. Sometimes the Next of Kin sheet has some very good information about the persons family or what they did prior to the war.

Regards

Andrew