SUMMERTON  F.N.

Given Names:  Frederick Norman

               

Service Number:  10032/2543

Unit:  Light Horse Brigade Train 3, 17th reinforcements                                                     

Rank:  Driver   

Paybook Number:  229483

 

Age:  19 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Tailor's Presser                                                                                          

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Salvation Army

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4 In                     

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  33-36 In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Dark

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  8/5/1916

Place:  Broadmeadows

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Walter Frederick Summerton

241 Victoria Street, Abbotsford, Victoria                                                                           

Embarkation Date:  8/5/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Kabinga A58

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Essex    

Embarked:  15/6/1919                               

Disembarked:  25/7/1919

Unit:  Australian Mounted Divisional Train                                                                                      

Rank:  Driver

Discharge Date:  8/9/1919                         

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  57072

Victory Medal:  55663

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1895

Place:  Geelong, Victoria                         

Father:  Walter Frederick SUMMERTON   

Mother:  Fanny Laura PLUMB

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1920     

Place:             

Spouse: Jessie Florence SELL

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 6/9/1980                            

Place: Oakleigh, Victoria                          

Burial:  ,

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Originally enlisted July 1915 as No. 10032

 

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:                                                    

Date Enlisted:                                                        

Date Discharged: 

 

COMMENTS

When first enlisted lived at 70 Tennyson Street, Kew

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary