Frederick
Rolland
Billing
Born in New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas John Billing
and Emma Jane (McKoy) Billing
Brother of
Thomas Leonard Billing, Charles Lewis Billing, Emma Gillian (Billing) Cook, Lawrence Edward Victor Billing, Ernest Alfred Billing and Francis Henry Billing
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 20
in the Somme, France
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Aug 2015
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Biography
Frederick Billing was Killed in Action during World War I.
Frederick Billing is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Frederick was born in 1896. He was the son of Thomas Billing and Emma Jane McKoy.[1]
Private Frederick Roland (sp?) Billing, Service number 22927 served with the Army in WW1. A blacksmith in civilian life before enlistment, he gave his next-of-kin as Thomas John Billing (father), Hine Street, New Plymouth, Taranaki. He embarked from Wellington on 27 May 1916 aboard HMNZT 54 "Willochra" or HMNZT 55 "Tofua" with the 4th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company, of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade. He later transferred to the New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, and was killed in action on 16 November 1916 at the Somme, Northern France. He is buried at Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, in Armentieres, France grave reference III. B. 15 [2]
He passed away in 1916 age 20 [3] His death was included in the casualty list published in the Otago Daily Times , Issue 16866, 1 December 1916, Page 3. His brother Ernest also died at the Somme, later during the war
Sources
- ↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-1VQ8 : accessed 2 October 2017), Frederick Rolland Billing, 1896; citing Birth, New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz); registration number 1896/1856.
- ↑ http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/search?n=Frederick+Billing
- ↑ http://bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/
- NZ Death registration 1918/46915
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Frederick by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Frederick:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Frederick by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Frederick:
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~1.56%
Chris Davey
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~0.78%
~3.12%
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