1967 GALLIPOLI WW1 MEDAL PLAQUE 1ST DAY LANDER 196 PTE F. FREEMAN 6TH BN ANZAC

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1967 Anzac Commemorative WW1 Gallipoli Medal/Plaque to ‘1st day lander Private F. Freeman 6th Bn A.I.F.

1967 Anzac Commemorative WW1 Gallipoli Medal/Plaque to F.R .FREEMAN. The plaque is correctly engraved named and comes with case of issue & copy service papers. Frederick Roland Freeman was born in Collingwood, Victoria in 1891. He enlisted 17/8/1914 & served with ‘B’ Coy, 6th Battalion AIF. Departed Australia with the unit 19/10/1914 on H.M.A.T.A 20 Hororata. The 6th bn landed Gallipoli 25/4/1915. 7/1/1916 allotted transport section. 23/8/1916 detached to the 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy. 18/10/1916 rejoined the unit. 1/6/1917 transferred to 2nd Aust Machine Gun Coy. 17/8/1917 to hospital sick and eventually discharged 5/2/1918 due to deafness from shell burst. His medical record states: ‘Was buried by a shell in Pozieres in August 1916, on being cut out he was quite deaf. This slowly recovered but about 6 weeks ago the deafness returned and has been gradually increasing’.