Frederick RAWSON, 18791917 (aged 37 years)

Birth October 17, 1879 37 42
Death of a fatherGeorge RAWSON
May 6, 1890 (aged 10 years)
Burial of a fatherGeorge RAWSON
May 8, 1890 (aged 10 years)
MarriageLillian Ann WALSHView this family
September 10, 1905 (aged 25 years)
Birth of a sonGeorge James RAWSON
1910 (aged 30 years)

Death of a motherMary HERCLIFF
1914 (aged 34 years)
Birth of a daughterSheila Lillian RAWSON
April 11, 1915 (aged 35 years)
Death October 5, 1917 (aged 37 years)
Family with parents
father
18421890
Birth: February 5, 1842 46 38Bridlington, Yorkshire, England
Death: May 6, 1890Moondarra, Victoria, Australia
mother
18371914
Birth: about May 14, 1837 45 40Middleton, Yorkshire, England
Death: 1914Warragul, Victoria, Australia
Marriage
Marriage: November 10, 1861Bridlington, Yorkshire, England
10 months
elder brother
18621934
Birth: September 4, 1862 20 25Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Death: 1934Warragul, Victoria, Australia
16 months
elder brother
18641932
Birth: January 7, 1864 21 26Stratford, Victoria, Australia
Death: February 26, 1932North Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
15 months
elder sister
18651922
Birth: March 25, 1865 23 27Stratford, Victoria, Australia
Death: September 3, 1922East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
16 months
elder brother
22 months
elder brother
18681926
Birth: April 24, 1868 26 30Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: 1926Glenhuntly, Victoria, Australia
10 months
elder sister
18691870
Birth: February 21, 1869 27 31Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: June 11, 1870Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
3 years
elder brother
18711872
Birth: September 21, 1871 29 34Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: March 11, 1872Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
8 months
elder sister
18721944
Birth: May 21, 1872 30 35Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: June 13, 1944Coburg, Victoria, Australia
9 months
elder brother
18731878
Birth: February 7, 1873 31 35Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: May 12, 1878Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
4 years
elder brother
18761942
Birth: November 29, 1876 34 39Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: December 22, 1942Warragul, Victoria, Australia
3 years
himself
18791917
Birth: October 17, 1879 37 42Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: October 5, 1917France
Family with Lillian Ann WALSH
himself
18791917
Birth: October 17, 1879 37 42Walhalla, Victoria, Australia
Death: October 5, 1917France
wife
Marriage
Marriage: September 10, 1905Waratah, Tasmania, Australia
daughter
daughter
1974
Death: about December 1974Ulverstone, Tasmania, Australia
son
19101962
Birth: 1910 30 27
Death: 1962Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
daughter
daughter
19151993
Birth: April 11, 1915 35 32Devonport, Tasmania, Australia
Death: 1993
daughter
Shared note

Frederick enlisted in Tasmania and served in 40th Battalion. He was killled on 5 October 1917 during the Messines Offensive while serving in France/Belgium. In all likelihood he served in John Monash's Division. See Scrapbook for his memorial details taken from the Australian War Memorial website.

Since writing the above, I have found his Service record in the National Archives - a copy is on this computer. He enlisted on 12 February 1916. The record shows he was 5'10" tall and weighed 147 pounds and that he had fair hair and blue eyes.

His enlistment papers indicate he had five children, yet there are six listed in the pension papers in his Service Record. Perhaps his wife was pregnant when he left home.