Perth

Frederick Gordon Challenger

Enlistment Date

12/04/1916

Age At Enlistment

Rank On Enlistment

Private

Regimental No.

4038

Battalion

32nd Battalion, 10th Reinforcement

Fate

KIA

Fate Date

30/11/1917

Fate Place

Messines, Belgium

Occupation

Traveller

Place of Birth

Strathmerton, Victoria

Religion

Church Of England

Marital Status

Single

Embarkation Details

Embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 28 October 1916

Victorian born Frederick Challenger learned to play football at Perth Boys School and progressed to play for the Perth club from 1913. His older brother Arthur William Challenger was killed in action at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915. Frederick enlisted in April 1916 and embarked for the Western Front on 28 October 1916. Thirteen month later he was killed in action in a field in Belgium on 30 November 1917. He had just turned 25.