Tasmanian War Casualties

WW1

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French, Wilfred

Born 1888 Ringarooma Tasmania to Lewis Edgar and Emily Ladbury French (nee Simpson and married to Ella Elizabeth Geltner a carpenter he departed Melbourne 23^rd November 1915 on board “HMAT Ceramic” with the 3^rd Light Horse Regiment.

He was killed in action 1^st June 1916 in Egypt and is commemorated in the Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.

Mrs Wilfred French whose husband was killed in action .in France has received a letter from the chaplain of the Brigade to which the late Private French was attached. He writes':— ' Just a word of deep sympathy as the chaplain who performed the last sad rites over the body of your husband. Doubtless the official intimation of the happening has reached you ere' this, so that I need not enlarge upon that side of it, except to state that in my experience nothing bas ever stirred the Brigade so profoundly, despite the Peninsula experience, as this sudden and unexpected 'bolt from the blue,' as it were, claiming such a heavy toll of men and horses. Your husband was killed bravely doing his duty, 'standing by' his horse in preparation for moving out, and I pray that the One who was a 'man of sorrows and acquainted with grief' may help yon to bear the heavy burden of the sacrifice of a noble life for God,' and King and Country. We buried the boys who were killed — eight in all — under the palms near a certain rail head, and as soon as we have crosses erected I'll endeavor to procure a photo and send yon on a copy. I again assure you of the deepest sympathy both from his comrades and myself.'

North Eastern Advertiser (Scottsdale) 28^th July 1916

Trooper French (standing)

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