Pennie R.F
Frederick Rudolph Pennie
Service Record
Regimental number- 7058
Religion- Church of England
Occupation -Blacksmith
Marital status -Single
Age at embarkation -28
Next of kin-Mother, Mrs E Pennie, Baff, Scotland
Enlistment date- 27 October 1916
Rank on enlistment -Private
Unit name -3rd Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number- 23/20/3
Embarkation details -Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A24 Benalla on 9 November 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll -Private
Unit from Nominal Roll- 3rd Battalion
Fate-Killed in Action 21 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records- 29
Place of burial- Tyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XI, Row B, Grave No. 20), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial 38
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records
Parents: Alexander and Ann PENNIE, 17 High Street, Banff, Scotland
Other details
War service: Western Front
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
HMAT
The HMAT was built by William Berdmore, and the company in Glasgow as the SS Warilda for the Adelaide steamship company. Between November 1918 and May 1919 the men of the 3rd Battalion returned to Australia for demobilisation and discharge. Unfortunatly for Pennies family he did not retern onn this ship.
Other infomation
Mother: Ann Pennie
Roll of honour: panel 38
Date of death: 21 september 1917
place of death:Belgium
place of asocciation: Yerong Creek Australia
HMAT: His Majesty Australian Transport
Tyne Cot Cemetry
Records
Certificate
enlisted on
27 October 1916
in the
3rd Battalion, 23rd Reinforcement,
Australian Imperial Force,
with the rank of
Private, Number 7058,
and was listed as
Killed in Action
on
21 September 1917
British War Medal
British War Medal 1914-22
Instituted by King George V in 1919 to mark the end of World War I and record the service given. The British War Medal 1914-20 was awarded for service in a theatre of war between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918. Those eligible included members of women's organisations; persons on the staffs of military hospitals and members of recognised organisations who handled sick and wounded; and members of other duly recognised or other authorised organisations as specified in medal regulations
go to http://www.defence.gov.au/Medals/Content/Imperial/WWI/British-War-Medal-1914-20.asp to find out more about the British War Medal
Victory Medal
The Victory Medal (also called the Inter-Allied Victory Medal) is a United Kingdom campaign medal. The basic design and ribbon was also adopted by Belgium, Brazil, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Romania, Siam, Union of South Africa and the USA in accordance with the decision of the Inter-Allied Peace Conference at Versailles (a 'Winged Victory). A particular form of this historic Greek monument was chosen by each nation, except the nations in the Far East who issued the medal but with a different design. The dates of the war were in every case 1914 to 1918, except that of the British Empire, which gave the dates as illustrated (1914 to 1919).
Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_Medal_(United_Kingdom) to find out more
Yerong Creek Public School
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