Fred Booth Kershaw

Submitted by Mt Kembla Minin... on Fri, 24/03/2017 - 10:54

First Name:

Fred

Middle Name:

Booth

Last Name:

Kershaw

Date of Birth:

Saturday, April 9, 1892

Mother's Name:

Betty Kershaw nee Beaumont

Father's Name:

James Kershaw

Date Enlisted:

Saturday, January 8, 1916

Rank at Enlistment:

Sapper

Rank at Discharge:

Sapper

Unit:

Tunnelling Companies

Company:

1st & 4th

Service:

Infantry

Awards:

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Date of Death:

Wednesday, April 8, 1942

Place of Death:

Wollongong, N.S.W.

Details:

Fred Kershaw (Service No 3626) was born in Oldham, England and arrived in Sydney in August 1915 where he joined his sister, Esther Comac, in Corrimal, N.S.W.

At enlistment Fred was single, 23 years of age, worked as a fitter and lived at Towradgi, N.S.W. He embarked from Sydney on HMAT A69 Warialda with Tunnel Company No 4, Headquarters 1 on 22nd May 1916.

The troops arrived in England on 18th July 1916 and Fred was sent on to France soon after. He joined 1st Tunnelling Company on 30th September 1916 and saw service on the Western Front.

Fred was returned to Australia in September 1919 and discharged from AIF on 9th January 1920.

He died suddenly at his home in Wollongong on the day before his birthday in 1942, and is buried in Wollongong Cemetery.

Sources:

NAA: B2455, KERSHAW FRED BOOTH