KNEEBONE F.V.

KNEEBONE F.V.

Given Names: Frederick Valentine

Service Number: 2182

Unit: 60th Battalion, 4th reinforcements

Rank: Private

Paybook Number:

Age: 24 Yrs 2 Mths

Occupation: Horticulturist

Marital Status: Single

Religion: Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height: 5 Ft 7¼ In

Weight: 126 Lbs

Chest: 35-37 In

Hair: Brown

Eyes: Grey

Complexion: Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted: 1/4/1916

Place: Melbourne

Next of Kin: FATHER Frederick Kneebone

27 Packington Street, Kew, Victoria

Embarkation Date: 1/8/1916

Port: Melbourne

Ship: HMAT Orsova A67

END OF WAR

Status: Returned to Australia

Ship: Karoola

Embarked: 23/7/1918

Disembarked:

Unit: 60th Battalion

Rank: Private

Discharge Date: 23/12/1918

Place: Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star: Not earned

British War Medal: Awarded

Victory Medal: Awarded

Other:

BIRTH

Date or Year: 14/2/1892

Place: Hawthorn, Victoria

Father: Frederick Thomas Sydney KNEEBONE

Mother: Constance Browning MASON

MARRIAGE

Year:

Place:

Spouse:

DEATH

Date or Year: 2/7/1983

Place: ,

Burial: Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered trench feet April 1917

Wounded in action 16/10/1917; gassed

Wounded in action 26/3/1918; gun shot wound, left ankle (subsequently amputated)

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Holy Trinity Church

Springvale Walls of Remembrance