Rank: Private

Unit: Australia. Australian Army. Australian Imperial Force (1914-1921).

Serial Number: 58180 (AIF); 193042 (British Army)

Occupation: clerk. Served in AIF 9th Battalion and 201st battalion, Machine Gun Corps of the British Army. Served as Frederick Manning Whatson. Enlisted in AIF at 16; claimed to be 25 when joined the British army.

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