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Frederick Augustus Boden
| Name on Board | FA Boden |
| Name on Service Records |
Frederick Augustus Boden |
| Enlistment Age | 23 |
| Occupation | Iron Driller |
| Place of Birth | Williamstown, Vic |
| Next of Kin | Frederick William and Amiee Eugenie Boden |
| Address | 68 Lynch St, Footscray, Vic |
| Marital Status | S |
| Enlistment Date | 11/01/1915 |
| Service No. | 1670 |
| Enlistment Place | Melbourne, Vic |
| Embarkation Place | Melbourne |
| Embarkation Date | 19/02/1915 |
| Embarkation Ship | HMAT Runic A54 |
| Unit on Embarkation | 14th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Date of Death | 7/08/1915 |
| Unit on Death | 14th Australian Infantry Battalion |
| Rank on Death | Private |
| Cause of Death | KIA |
| Place of Wounding/ Death |
Gallipoli (no known grave) |
| Cemetery or Memorial | Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Additional Information
Frederick Boden was killed following the August offensive at Gallipoli while assisting to carry a wounded Turkish officer to the beaches for medical attention. When Chaplain Gillison discovered what had happened he had Fredericks' body retrieved and buried with other men of the 14th Battalion who had died on the same day, so that he might be laid beside his comrades. This small battlefield cemetery was later lost, so the final resting place of Frederick Boden is now unknown.
Frederick's story was honoured at the Last Post Ceremony at the Australian War Memorial on 13 August 2013.
In 1916 Frederick Boden's parents received a parcel containing their son's New Testament. Lance-Corporal A Hyatt of the Ordinance Corps, who spotted their address inside the Bible and thought Frederick's family would be pleased to receive them 'as a memento of a life laid down for a noble cause'.
His name appears on the North Williamstown Presbyterian Church (now St Stephens).
Sadly the kindly, much loved Chaplain Gillison was killed shortly after while attempting to rescue an injured man from no-mans land. He was buried beside the Agean Sea.
Additional References
Williamstown Chronicle, Saturday 15 January 1916, p3
Australian War Memorial's Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of (1670) Private Frederick Augustus Boden
Australian War Memorial's Last Post Ceremony commemorating the service of Captain Andrew Gillison
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