Samuel John Free was born in 1893 in Corack, Victoria, Australia, the second child, and older son,of Samuel &, Fanny, nee Shepherd. My fourth cousin twice removed, he was the older brother of Albert Free who died on 12 October 1917.
Samuel was a farmer in Lalbert, Victoria, who enlisted on 24 July 1916 in the Australian Machine Gun Corps, and was wounded in action taken to the 47th Casualty Clearing Station, he died of his wounds on 26 May 1918.
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26 May 2018
8 May 2018
GREAT WAR CENTENARY: Harry Marshall
Harry Marshall, my third cousin once removed, was born in Huntingdon in 1887, second of the ten children of George & Mary Ann (nee Young). He grew up in Huntingdon and married Elizabeth Warner in 1908 in the town. In the 1911 census Harry is living with Elizabeth in Royal Oak Passage and he is shown as a brewer's labourer.
Harry enlisted, in Huntingdon, in the Bedfordshire Regiment and was killed in action today in 1918. He is buried in Kemmel cemetery in France.
We will remember them.
Harry enlisted, in Huntingdon, in the Bedfordshire Regiment and was killed in action today in 1918. He is buried in Kemmel cemetery in France.
We will remember them.
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