Frederick Augustus Lord

Submitted by Mt Kembla Minin... on Mon, 03/07/2017 - 10:52

First Name:

Frederick

Middle Name:

Augustus

Last Name:

Lord

Date of Birth:

Friday, November 12, 1886

Mother's Name:

Phyllis Lord nee Noble

Father's Name:

Charles Lord

Date Enlisted:

Friday, March 24, 1916

Rank at Enlistment:

Private

Rank at Discharge:

Private

Unit:

36th Battalion

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Sunday, December 17, 1944

Place of Death:

Bendigo Hospital, Bendigo, Victoria

Details:

Frederick Augustus Lord (Service No 2096), was born in Launceston, Tasmania.

He married Alice Trevethan, in Bulli, N.S.W., in 1915.

At enlistment, he was 29 years old, worked as a miner and lived in Bellambi, N.S.W.

Frederick embarked on HMAT A68 Anchises, with the 36th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement, on 24th August 1916. He arrived in England on 11th October 1916, and joined the 36th Battalion in France, on 22nd November 1916. Frederick saw service on the Western Front with the 36th Battalion, until 30th April 1918, when he was transferred to the 33rd Battalion.

On 8th August 1918, Frederick was wounded in action, and evacuated to hospital for treatment of a gun shot wound to his left arm. He was returned to Australia in December 1918, and discharged medically unfit, on 13th April 1919.

Frederick and Alice moved to Victoria after the war.

Frederick died in Bendigo, Victoria, in 1944.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, LORD FREDERICK AUGUSTUS