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Shrewsbury Frederick Kingsford

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Portrait of Private Shrewsbury Frederick Kingsford, c.1915. Australian War Memorial, P08135.001. Image may be subject to copyright restrictions.

Portrait of Private Shrewsbury Frederick Kingsford, c.1915. Australian War Memorial, P08135.001. Ima …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Shrewsbury Frederick AWMM
  • Surname
    Kingsford AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 3162 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Christchurch, Canterbury Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 17 July 1915 AWMM c/o State Savings Bank, Elizabeth Street, Melbourne, Victoria AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    S F Kingsford, Riccarton Road, Riccarton, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 17 July 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1916 Battle of Fromelles AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 3162 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 17 July 1915 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Age 23 AWMM
    Clerk Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
    Melbourne, Victoria Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 2.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      126 lb AWMM
    • 19 July 1916 AWMMKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Taken on strength, 58th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 23 February 1916.
    Transferred to 60th Bn, and taken on strength, 15 March 1916.
    Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.
    Reported Missing, 19 July 1916.
    Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.
    Note, Red Cross File No 1520412: 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills. 10.10.19.' AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
    19 July 1916 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    No known grave AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    V.C. Corner (Panel No 21), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France AWMM

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