S# 21 Private Frederick Courtney - DOS

On this day - 10 November 1914 - On board HMAT Medic (A7) first death of the 11th Battalion after embarkation.

21 Private Frederick Courtney, A Company, died of sickness (pneumonia) at 3:30 am, and was buried at sea at 11:00 am.

Pte Courtney was a single man, 21 years of age, his next of kin being his father at No. 1 State Mill at Manjimup, Western Australia.

 

RIP.

 

Kalgoorlie Miner - 24 December 1914
Death of Private Frederick Courtney