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  • Frederick Portus †

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Born: 24 September 1889

Died: 23 April 1917

Died on service.

Killed in action while on detachment from the 5th Field Ambulance to the 5th Australian Field Artillery Brigade.

Name recorded
  • Frederick Portus
Service number
  • Service number 5622
Rank
  • Held rank of Private
Birth record
  • 24 September 1889 in Enmore, NSW, Australia
Death records
  • Died on service
  • 23 April 1917 in Noreuil, Pas-de-Calais, France
Address
  • Sonoma, 25 Avenue Road, Mosman, NSW, Australia
Relationships
  • Father - John Portus
  • Mother - Ellen Minter Parish
Organisation
  • 5th Field Ambulance
Main sources
  • PORTUS Frederick : Service Number - 5622 : Place of Birth - Sydney NSW : Place of Enlistment - Liverpool NSW : Next of Kin - (Father) PORTUS John (NAA file)
  • Find War Dead (webpage)
  • DEATH OF PTE. F. PORTUS. (newspaper article)
  • Birth Notice (newspaper article)
  • RUGBY UNION TOPICS ENGLISH, NEW ZEALAND, AND AUSTRALIAN [Obituary] (newspaper article)
  • WAR CASUALTIES. KILLED IN ACTION. (newspaper article)
  • CRICKET PERSONAL NOTES & GENERAL GOSSIP [Obituary] (newspaper article)
  • AUSTRALIAN CASUALTIES. LIST NO. 302. (newspaper article)
Commemorations
  • PORTUS F. on the West Face of the Mosman War Memorial
  • Portus, F on the St Clement's World War 1 Roll of Honour

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