Frederick HUND

Frederick Hund Photo:
Toowoomba Historical Society
Birthplace
Toowoomba
Resided
Cawdor
Occupation
Clerk
Enlisted
04-October-1916
Place
Toowoomba
Age
20
Status
Single
Service No
2656A
Rank
Private
Unit
47th Battalion, 6th Reinforcements
Embarked
29-January-1917
Place
Fremantle
Active Service
Western Front
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Killed in action
Date
12-October-1917
Place
Passchendaele, Belgium
Cemetery or Memorial
Passchendaele New British Cemetery, Belgium
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial, Toowoomba Railway Honour Board and P.A.F.S.O.A. Beaconsfield Lodge Honour Board.

 

Frederick Hund landed in France in July 1917 following three and a half months training in England with the 51st Battalion. In September in Belgium his unit fought at the battle of Polygon Wood. Two weeks later he was killed in action at Passchendaele. He was 21. He was buried at Broodseinde and re-interred at Passchendaele after the war.