LLANGWYRYFON - WALES
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Trooper Frederick MANION 877
Born: Cardiganshire, Wales Enlisted: 23-12-1914, Liverpool, New South Wales Occupation prior to Enlistment: Station Hand 6th Australian Light Horse Regiment Died of Wounds 26-11-1915, Egypt Son of Patrick & Elizabeth Manion, Llangwyryfon, Wales Resting: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt Honoured Australian War Memorial Panel 5 |
West Wales War Memorial Project -Frederick was born in 1893, the son of Patrick and Elizabeth Manion, of Llangwyryfon. He emigrated to Australia prior to the war, working as a Station Hand, before enlisting at Liverpool, NSW on 23 December 1914 into the 6th Light Horse Regiment. Frederick landed at Gallipoli on 6 August 1915 as part of the 4th reinforcements to the 6th Light Horse, and would have taken part in the famous charge at Lone Pine. On 18 November 1915 Frederick was badly wounded, and evacuated by Hospital Ship to Cairo, where he underwent an operation to amputate his badly damaged leg. Frederick sadly died of shock during the amputation, on 26 November 1915. He was 24 years old, and was buried by the Reverend E. Jellicoe Rogers at Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.