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BRITTENDEN, Frederick Stephen
(Service number 1894)

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank	Pte

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date	24 May 1915	Age	24
Address at Enlistment	6 Errol Ave, Brunswick, Victoria
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Fred Brittenden (father), 6 Errol Ave, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	Australian Imperial Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Australian Infantry
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	27th Battalion
Date	26 August 1915
Transport	RMS Morea
Embarked From	Adelaide	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	8 April 1916	Age	26
Place of Death	Somme, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Villers-Bretonneux Memorial
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	2015 additions to the Tiimaru Memorial Wall

Biographical Notes

from Timaru; Son of Frederick and Louisa Brittenden, of 28, Carnarvon St., East Brunswick, Victoria. Born at Timaru, New Zealand.

Sources

Paul McNicholl's list of additional names for the Tiimaru Memorial Wall (August 2013); Australian War Memorial; CWGC

External Links

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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