Frederick William Vernon King

Personal Information
Date of Birth	not known
Place of Birth	Shark Bay, Western Australia
Death	27 Jan 1917
Place of Death	36th Casualty Clearing Station, France
Age at Enlistment	22 years, 4 months
Occupation	groom
Religion	Church of England
Address	Bush Landing, Jarrahdale, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Mother Mrs Ellen Keziah King
Military Information
Reg Number	5127
Date of Enlistment	31 Jan 1916
Rank	Private
Unit/Formation	11th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement to D Company /3rd Brigade, 1st Division
Date of Embarkation	31 Mar 1916 - 24 Apr 1916
Ship Embarked On	HMAT A9 Shropshire
Fate	Died of broncho-pneumonia 27 Jan 1917
Monument	Jarrahdale War Memorial Jarrahdale Honour Roll ANZAC Memorial Park (Byford)
Medals	British War Medal Victory Medal

War Service

Initial training was in Bunbury before sailing to Egypt where he completed another month's training before moving direct to France.

He embarked on HMT Tunisian on 29 May 1916 in Alexandria and disembarked in Marseilles on 3 Jun 1916. He was sent to the 1st Division's Base depot in Étaples until 29 Jul 1916 when he was taken on strength by the 11th Battalion and allocated to D Company. They were at the time in Berteacourt, having just come out of the front line at Poziéres.

On 10 Nov 1916 he was admitted to 2nd Australian Field Ambulance with exhaustion and was returned to duty the following day.

By 4 Jan 1917 Fred had developed bronchial pneumonia while in the trenches near Fleur Baix following heavy fighting, and admitted first to the 5th Australian Field Ambulance, and then later the same day to the 36th Casualty Clearing Station where he died on Jan 27th 1917.

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  Heilly Station Cemetery, Merricourt-L'Abbe, France
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  Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Notes

Name on Jarrahdale List and Memorial is given as Kelly FG. No person by that name enlisted, and FWV is the most likely match.

External Links

• AIF Project
• RSL Virtual War Memorial