KIRSCH, Frederick William

KIRSCH,  Frederick William

Full Name: Frederick William

KIRSCH

Date of Birth: 06

1896

Place of birth: Warracknabeal, VIC

Australia

Occupation: Farmer

Address: Donnybrook WA

Next of Kin: Father- August Charles KIRSCH, Mother- Agnes KIRSCH

Next of Kin Address: " Melrose " Thomson's Brook Donnybrook WA

Religion: Church of England

Service Number: 141

Rank: Trooper

Unit/Division: 10th Light Horse Regiment

Enlistment Date: 1914-10-06

Enlistment Location: Guildford

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1915-02-08

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-03-04

Locations Served:

,

Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Walkers Ridge Gallipoli Turkey

Age at Death: 19

Burial Location: Inscription Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli Turkey – Panel No. 10.

PREVIOUS SERVICE – 2 Years 25th Light Horse
1/10/1914- Completed Medical Examination Donnybrook WA
6/10/1914- Allotted ” A ” Squadron 10th Light Horse Regiment Claremont WA as Trooper
8/02/1915- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Mashobra ” bound for Egypt
4/03/1915- Disembarked Alexandria ex Australia to Overseas Training Base
12/04/1915- Admitted No. 2 General Hospital Mena Egypt ( Enteritis )
16/04/1915- Discharged from Hospital & Returned to Duty
16/05/1915- Embarked Alexandria with Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces bound for Gallipoli Peninsula
7/08/1915- Killed in Action Walkers Ridge Gallipoli Turkey
30/10/1916- Board of Enquiry held at Australian Headquarters , Hotel Victoria, 5 Sharia Shemarbi Pasha Cairo Egypt- ” Enquiry/Report on 37 Officers, NCO’s and men of the 10th Light Horse Regiment reported ” Missing ” since the assault on Turkish Trenches on the Nek, Anzac, on the morning of the 7th August, 1915 “.

 

SERVICE  MEDALS AWARDED

1914/15 Star – Medal No. 25725

British War Medal – No. 8774

Victory Medal – No. 8731

Memorial Plaque/Scroll – No. 320004.

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Donnybrook War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 8

Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli Turkey – Panel No. 10.