Freame, Edmund (1342) aka Tom
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 21 years 10 months
Enlistment Details: Monday, 26 October 1914 – Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 1342 view online service record
Address:
233 Rouse Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Edmund Freame (father)
233 Rouse Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Tuesday, 2 February 1915
Ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray A46
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion – 2nd Reinforcements
Fate:
KIA: Thursday, 20 September 1917
Place: Belgium
Lance Corporal, 5 Infantry, killed in action 20 September, 1917, Belgium, aged 23, commemorated Tyne Cot Cemetery, Passchendaele, Belgium.
Parents: Edmund and Mrs Mary FREAME, born Port Melbourne, educated St Joseph’s RC, family then at 23 Stokes Street. He was shown as a 22-year-old furrier when he enlisted from 223 Rouse Street. A Death Notice, Port Melbourne Standard, 10 November, 1917 gives his full name as Edmund Clarence FREAME, but known as Tom. No circular returned.
Additional research by Brian Membrey
Listed on Embarkation Roll as Edward Freame.
Edmund attended St Joseph’s School and was a member of the Port branch of the Irish National Foresters. He worked as a furrier and played football with South Ports.
1915 ‘Private Freame Wounded.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 29 May, p. 2, viewed 30 April, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91166494
1915 ‘FIGHTING AT GALLIPOLI.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 3 July, p. 3, viewed 29 May, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91165475
1916 ‘ELECTRIC SPARKS’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 19 August, p. 3. , viewed 04 Aug 2016, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91163628
1917 ‘PORT WAR CASUALTIES.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 10 November, p. 2. , viewed 09 Oct 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88369799
1917 ‘KILLED IN ACTION.’, Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 – 1920), 10 November, p. 2. , viewed 12 Oct 2017, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article88369796
2 Comments
Brian Membrey
KILLED IN ACTION. FREAME. – Killed in action in France on the 20th September, 1917, after three years’ service, Edmund Clarence (Tom), the dearly loved son of
Edmund and Mary Freame, of 233 Rouse-street, Port Melbourne, and loved
brother of Jack, Mrs. Kelly, Mrs. John son, Ron, Cass, and Grace, nephew of
Frank McDonagh (7th Batt., returned) and brother-in-law of Maggie, Joe, and
George.
Our darling boy.
We pictured his safe returning, but God ‘s will alters all. R.I.P. (Port Melbourne Standard, 10 November, 1917)
Brian Membrey
FREAME —A tribute to the memory of our highly esteemed fellow-worker and employee, Lance-corporal E. Freame (Tom), killed in action, September 20, 1917, after two years’ service.
He nobly did his duty.
Inserted by the employees and staff of C. J. Sarovich, Port Melbourne)