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Pte. Fred Pollard Portrait. Photograph source Western Mail 5.11.1915 p28
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Pollard,

Frederick (Fred)

Pollard Frederick. Pte. 4th Reinf. 16th Bn. AIF. SN 1851. KIA Lone Pine Gallipoli 10.8.1915. Age 23 years

c/- Agnes Gertrude Pollard, 15 Johnson Street, Guildford, WA (house no longer stands)

Date Enlisted 18/01/1915
Service Number SN 1851
Age of Enlistment 23 years
Place of Enlistment Perth, WA
Place of Birth Guildford, WA
Previous Military Experience Nil
Occupation Labourer
Marital Status Single
Religion Church of England
School Attended NK
Address History Resided with Aunt Emma Pollard, 'Pioneer House', 84 Seventh Avenue, Maylands, WA. Aunt Gertrude Pollard, Johnson Street, Guildford, WA
Cause of Death or Invalided
KIA (Killed in Action)

Military History

Embarked Fremantle per HMAT ‘ Argyllshire’ A8 for Egypt  19.4.1915
Roll Rank Private 
Roll Unit 16th Battalion, 4th Reinforcements.
Pollard disembarked in Egypt. After a period of intensive training, he entrained to Alexandria, joined MEF and embarked for the Gallipoli Peninsular. He was taken on strength with 11th Bn. in Gallipolli 2.6.1915. The 11th Battalion fought at Gaba Tepe, Beach Head, Leane's Trench in the Battle of Lone Pine August 6th 1915. Pollard was thought to have been killed some time after this with the official date given as KIA 10.8.1915  . His body was not recovered
Pollard was KIA 10.8.1915. There was no record of his burial site. He is commemorated at Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsular, Canakkle Province, Turkey.
Medical Condition Dec’d KIA.
Final Rank Private, 11th Infantry Bn.
Awards/ Medals 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Notes  Pollard was brought up by an Aunt from the age of 1-2 years, he was then placed in an orphage until 5 years of age. From that time on he resided with his aunt at (15) Johnson St. Guildford WA. His stepbrother enlisted with him in the 16th Battalion. Pollard was born in Guildford
Photos  Pte. Fred Pollard Portrait. Photograph source Western Mail 5.11.1915 p28
              Gallipoli Graves. Photographer unknown, photograph source source AWM H16972
              Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli 1936. Photograph donor J.Richter, photograph source AWM P02768.007
              Pte. Frederick Pollard. Photograph source Western Mail 5.11.1915 p28


Source of information
AWM H16972 Photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial, https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/H16972/
AWM P02768.007. Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli 1936. Photograph donor J.Richter, photograph sourced from the Pictorial Collection of the Australian War Memorial
AWM Roll of Honour Frederick Pollard
NAA: B2455, Pollard F
Western Mail

84 Seventh Avenue, Maylands, WA.
15 Johnson Street, Guildford, WA

Associated Images

Gallipoli Graves  1915. Photographer unknown, photograph source H16972
Gallipoli Graves 1915. Photographer unknown, photograph source H16972
Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli 1936. Photograph donor J.Richter, photograph source AWM P02768.007
Lone Pine Memorial Gallipoli 1936. Photograph donor J.Richter, photograph source AWM P02768.007
Pte. Frederick Pollard. Photograph source Western Mail 5.11.1915 p28
Pte. Frederick Pollard. Photograph source Western Mail 5.11.1915 p28