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Lindley Frederick Thornton.jpg
Western Mail 29 Sep 1917 p.27
Lindley gravestone.jpg
Linton Reynolds photo
Personal Information
Date of Birth unknown
Place of Birth Sydney, New South Wales
Death 20 Sep 1917
Place of Death Battle of Menin Road
Age at Enlistment 29 years old
Description 5'5" (1.65m) tall; weight 122 lbs (55.3 kg); sallow complexion, brown eyes, black hair
Occupation storekeeper
Religion Church of England
Address Kelmscott, Western Australia
Next of Kin Brother Mr George Thomas Lindley
Military Information
Reg Number 3180
Date of Enlistment 6 Sep 1915
Rank Private
Unit/Formation 28th Battalion, 7th reinforcement / 7th Brigade, 2nd Division
Date of Embarkation 18 Jan 1916 - 16 Feb 1916
Ship Embarked On HMAT A7 Medic
Fate Wounded in Action 29 Jul 1916 at Poziéres
Killed in Action 20 Sep 1917 at Menin Road
Monument Kelmscott
Medals 1914-15 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal


Pre War

Electoral Rolls 1910 - 1913. Pickering Brook, storeman. Relatives in Westonia.

War Service

Entered Blackboy Hill camp on 6 Sep 1915, and allocated to the 7th reinforcement draft for the 28th Battalion on 1 Nov 1915.

After arriving in Alexandria, on 16 Feb 1916 Fred was put on board the SS Oriana five weeks later (21 Mar 1016) for the voyage to Marseilles in southern France It was some time before he joined the 28th Battalion more formally in France, on 3 May 1916 at Bois Grenier.

The wound that he received on 29 Jul 1916 just north of Pozieres was a GSW to his left hip and right thigh. Initially treated by 1st Field Ambulance, his treatment was taken over by the St John Ambulance Brigade in Étaples and he was shipped back to Britain on the HMHS Newhaven from Calais on the 12 Aug 1916. (The 28th Battalion's losses for the month of July were 63 KIA, 151 WIA, 52 Illness, 257 Missing.)

He received treatment in the 2nd Western General Hospital in Manchester until 5 Oct 1916 when he was transferred to No 1 Command Depot in Perham Downs. He proceeded overseas again from Folkestone on 5 Jul 1917, so he has been away from his unit for almost a full year.

He rejoined the 28th Battalion on 31 Jul 1917 at Cassells where they are retraining and regrouping. During the attack towards Zonnebeke in a battle later known as Menin Road, which took the front line to the northern edge of Polygon Wood, Fred was one of 69 men from his unit who lost their lives. Many of those lost were killed by snipers.

  • White House Cemetery, ST Jean-Les-Ypres courtesy Pascal Dorny
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission


Notes

Buried at ST. JEAN-LES-YPRES, WHITE HOUSE CEMETERY - Plot I, Row D, Grave 32. Son of George Henry and Lucy Lindley. Native of NSW. The Cemetery is located north-east of Ieper (Ypres) on the Brugseweg (N313) in the direction of Roeselare / Brugge.


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