Frederick William Gall (1893 - 1918)

Born 3 Jun 1893 in Red Hill, Queensland, Australia

Died 4 Jul 1918 at age 25 in Hamel, Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

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Biography

Private Frederick Gall served in the Australian Imperial Force in World War I
Service started: 1 Dec 1915
Unit(s): 15th Infantry Battalion
Service ended: 4 Jul 1918

Frederick Gall was Killed in Action at Hamel, France during World War I.

He enlisted in the Great War. ^[2]

He was Killed in Action in 1918.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Qld BDM

   Frederick William Gall

   Event date: 03/06/1893

   Event type: Birth registration

   Registration details: 1893/C/4001

   Mother: Caroline Ward

   Father/parent: James Gall

2. ↑ UNSW Canberra - The AIF Project

   Name: Frederick GALL

   Regimental number 5405

   Place of birth Brisbane, Queensland

   School Burpengary State School, Queensland

   Religion Presbyterian

   Occupation Labourer

   Marital status Single

   Age at embarkation 22

   Height 5' 9.5"

   Weight 140 lbs

   Next of kin Mother, Mrs C. Gall, Burpengary, Queensland

   Previous military service Nil (previously rejected on account of abscess of left jaw)

   Enlistment date 1 December 1915

   Place of enlistment Brisbane, Queensland

   Rank on enlistment Private

   Unit name 15th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement

   AWM Embarkation Roll number 23/32/2

   Embarkation details Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on 20 April 1916

   Rank from Nominal Roll Private

   Unit from Nominal Roll 15th Battalion

   Fate Died of wounds 4 July 1918

   Age at death from cemetery records 25

   Place of burial No known grave

   Commemoration details Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France

   Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 75

   Miscellaneous information from cemetery records: Parents: James and Caroline GALL, Dulton Street, Hawthorne, Brisbane, Queensland

   Other details

   War service: Egypt, Western Front

   Embarked Sydney, 10 April 1916; disembarked Egypt, 24 May 1916.

   Taken on strength of 15th Bn, 27 May 1916.

   Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 1 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 8 June 1916.

   Admitted to No 1 Field Ambulance, 16 June 1916 (bronchitis); transferred to 1st Australian Divisional Rest Station, 31 June 1916; rejoined unit, 2 July 1916.

   Admitted to No 13 Australian Field Ambulance, 25 January 1917 (cough and debility); transferred to Australian Corps Rest Station, 25 January 1917; rejoined unit, 11 February 1917.

   Wounded in action, 4 July 1918; died of wounds, Collecting Post, No 13 Australian Field Ambulance, 4 July 1918.

   Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

   Sources NAA: B2455, GALL Frederick

3. ↑ 1919 'Family Notices', The Telegraph (Brisbane, Qld. : 1872 - 1947), 8 July, p. 6. , viewed 14 Sep 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article174652861

   GALL.—In loving memory of our dear friend, Private Frederick Gall, killed in action, at Hamel, France, 4th July, 1918.

   He did his part well.

   Inserted by Mrs. James and family.