KING, Frederick Carter
(Service number 36335)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 28 November 1897 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Rosewill, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | W. KING (father), Rosewill, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 41st Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade | ||
| Date | 11 October 1918 | ||
| Transport | Moeraki | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 7 September 1929 | Age | 31 years |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Frederick Carter King was the younger son of William and Sarah Annie (née Dawe) King. He was educated at Washdyke and Rosewill schools. On 27 December 1922 at St Mary's Church, Timaru, Frederick married Florence Mona Lybe. F. C. King was a cousin of Thomas Inman King who was lost in the sinking of the Llandovery Castle in 1918 and of Edward Henry King who also served in World War I.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [28 January 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [28 January 2018]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [28 January 2018]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [29 January 2018]
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