Frederick Thorneycroft Plant

Personal Information
Date of Birth	unknown
Place of Birth	Broken Hill, New South Wales
Death	1 Apr 1960, aged 65
Place of Death	South Perth, Western Australia
Age at Enlistment	19 years, 9 months
Description	5' 8" (1.73m) tall; weight 152 lbs (68.9 kg); fair complexion, blue eyes, fair hair
Occupation	farmer
Religion	Congregational
Address	NOK Victoria Park, Western Australia
Next of Kin	Father Mr W.G. Plant
Military Information
Reg Number	140
Date of Enlistment	5 Oct 1914
Rank	Trooper
Unit/Formation	10th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron / 3rd Light Horse Brigade
Date of Embarkation	8 Feb 1915 - 9 Mar 1915
Ship Embarked On	HMAT A47 Mashobra
Date of Return	24 Jan 1916 - 29 Feb 1916
Ship Returned On	HMAT A73 Commonwealth
Fate	Wounded in Action 18 Jun 1915, Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli
Monument	none currently
Medals	1914-15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal

Pre War

Electoral Roll entries - 1916 a farmer at Kelmscott.

War Service

Frederick embarked for Gallipoli with the 10th Light Horse Regiment from Alexandria on 16 May 1915.

On 18 Jun 1915 he suffered a shrapnel wound to his scrotum and left testicle on Walker's Ridge along with five other men who were wounded. Transported to Egypt on HMHS Gascon where he was admitted to the 1st Australian General Hospital at Heliopolis.

Discharged from hospital on 16 Jul 1915, he spent time rehabilitating in the 2nd Auxiliary Hospital and at the Ras-el-tin Convalescent Hospital. On 4 Oct 1915 (having embarked at Alexandria on 27 Sep 1915, he rejoined his unit on Rhododendron Spur, Gallipoli. On 9 Oct 1915 at Gallipoli he reported ill to the 13th Casualty Clearing Station before being again sent to 1st Australian General Hospital Heliopolis, this time aboard HMHS Imkoski.

Returning again to Gallipoli on 9 Oct 1915, he was unable to resume full duty and was evacuated a third time due to influenza on HMHS Nevasa on 7 Nov 1915. On 28 Dec 1915 he is transferred to the Convalescent Camp in Port Said with enteric, and so on 21 Jan 1916 he was sent back to Australia from Suez, disembarking in Fremantle on 29 Feb 1916 'for 3 months change'.

Discharged by 5th Military District on 5 Jun 1916.

Gallipoli to Tripoli at p.71 notes that Fred is one of 6 men wounded by one shrapnel shell on 18th June 1915.

Post War

Electoral Roll entries - 1916 a farmer at Kelmscott, and in 1925 a farmer at Bantine. By 1931 he is a storekeeper in Calingiri with his wife Julia Hannah Finnemore (nee Searle) the postmistress, where they remain until after WW2. They married in Fremantle in 1927. Between 1949 and 1958 they are living at 240 Mill Point Road, South Perth with Fred described as a businessman. Julia remains in the family home after Fred's death, appearing on the 1963 roll. She died on 26 May 1966 aged 74.