Frederick George Rundle
Born 27 Feb 1895 - Died 25 Jan 1917
- Service number
- WWI 10/1972 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Regiment AWMM
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Frederick George AWMM
- Surname
- Rundle AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 10/1972 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 27 Feb 1895 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- 1 Oct 1890 Public Source
- Date of birth
- 1st October 1890Public - Sophie - Researcher - 19 July 2020 - Attestation form
- Place of birth
- Longstone, Helland, Bodmin, Cornwall, UKPublic - Sophie - Researcher - 19 July 2020 - UK Census
- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Grassmere, Feilding, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- John Rundle (father), Longstone, Cornwall, England AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 17 Apr 1915 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 10/1972 AWMM
- Military service
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- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- 1914/15 Star
British War Medal
Victory MedalPublic - Sophie - Researcher - 19 July 2020 - Military Personnel File
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 Unknown AWMM
- Enlisted 11th January 1915 at TrenthamPublic - Sophie - Researcher - 19 July 2020 - Military personnel file
- Age on enlistment
- 24 and 2 monthsPublic - Sophie - Researcher - 19 July 2020 - Military personnel file
- Occupation before enlistment
- BlacksmithPublic - Sophie - Researcher - 19 July 2020 - Military personnel file
Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 17 Apr 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 21 or HMNZT 22 or HMNZT 23 AWMM Vessel was Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo AWMM Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM 4th Reinforcements AWMM
Prisoner of war
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- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- Liberation Repatriation
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, WWI AWMM
5' 9" AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
154 lb AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment AWMM - Last rank
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Biographical information
- Frederick Rundle was the son of John and Christiana Rundle, of "Longstone," Helland, Bodmin, England.
Wounded in action, Messines, 7 June 1917 (gun shot wound, left leg and thigh: severe), and admitted to No 2 Stationary Hospital; transferred to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 20 July 1917 (left leg amputated); to NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 25 August 1917; discharged from hospital, 17 May 1918.
Sent to Bank of New Zealand, London, 27 May 1918; completed course in shorthand, office routine, stencil work and typing, 2 December 1918.
Commenced return to New Zealand on board 'Zealandic', 27 February 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 28 March 1919.
Total war service: 2 years 303 days (of which 2 years 157 days were abroad).
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Died of self-inflicted bullet wound, 14 February 1932. AWMM - Frederick Rundle was the son of John (a blacksmith) and Christiana Rundle, of Longstone, Helland, Bodmin, Cornwall, UK. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1913, living at Grassmere, Feilding with his sister, Mildred. He worked as a blacksmith for Lankshear of Colyton before enlisting in January 1915. He had tried to enlist in the Army in previous years, but was refused on the grounds of a speech impediment. Shortly after his training in Egypt, he joined 'B' Coy, 4th reinforcements, Wellington Battalion, and was sent to the Dardenelles, where he was wounded on the 9th June 1915. He returned to Anzac Cove, but was admitted to the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station with ‘Nervous Exhaustion’ on the 11th July. One week later, on the 18th July, he disembarked at Malta and was immediately hospitalised with Enteric (Typhoid) fever. He was admitted to the military hospital at Mtarfa with Enteric fever with lesions. Moved to the 1st London General Hospital at St Gabriel’s College, Camberwell in September 1915. On the 11th January 1916 he was moved to Grey Towers Convalescent Hospital. Moved to Addington Park war hospital May 1916, and taken back to the NZ Conv Camp at Grey Towers in July. By August 1916 he moved to the depot at Codford, and in October 1916 he returned to the reserve group at the infantry training units at Sling Camp.
In October of 1916 he rejoined his battalion in France. On the 11th November 1916, while serving on the western front Frederick was wounded in action, suffering multiple gunshot wounds and a fractured skull. He was taken by New Zealand Field Ambulance to the 1st Casualty clearing station, before being taken to No. 7 General Hospital (known as Malassises Hospital) in St Omer, on the 13th November. Frederick was admitted to the 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station on the 21st November. The Otago Daily Times states that he is ‘Dangerously ill’.
Taken to King George hospital in London on the 15th January 1917. He died of his wounds 10 days later, on the 25th January 1917, and was buried in the village where he was born, St Mabyn, in Cornwall, UK.Public - Sophie - Researcher - 19 July 2020 - Military Personnel files (found on this website).
- Frederick Rundle was the son of John and Christiana Rundle, of "Longstone," Helland, Bodmin, England.
About death
- Death
- 25 Jan 1917 AWMM
Age 26 AWMM - Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- St Mabyn Church Cemetery, Cornwall, England AWMM
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20808743
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/346833/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/346833
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 635 - New Zealand World War I service personnel and reserves index [electronic resource]. (2002). Auckland, N.Z.: St Johns Branch New Zealand Society of Genealogists.
- NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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