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Name Frederick Birks No. POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 876 Awards VC MM
Regiment Regiment, 6th (Victoria) Battalion, AIF
Later
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Second Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Second Lieutenant
Place Of Birth Lane End, Buckley, Flintshire, Wales
Place Of Death Red Line, Glencorse Wood, Belgium
Buried/Location Ashes Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Zillebeke, 2 miles south-east of Ypres, Belgium
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 1, Row G, Grave 45
Gazetted 8 November 1917
VC Presented 19 December 1917 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England to his brother, Samuel
Memorials
P Headstone, Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Zillebeke, 2 miles south-east of Ypres, Belgium
Named on Roll of Honour, Panel 46, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
P Named on Family Grave, St Matthews Churchyard, Buckley, Flintshire, Wales
P Stone Memorial, St Matthew's Churchyard, Buckley, Flintshire, Wales
Memorial Plaque, St Matthew's Church, Buckley, Flintshire, Wales
Named on War Memorial, Mill Lane, Buckley, Flintshire, Wales
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Display, Hall of Valour, Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia
P Named on Victoria Cross Memorial, Queen Victoria Building, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Memorial, Royal British Legion Club, Buckley, Flintshire, Wales
Blue Plaque, Garden Cottage, Lane End, Buckley, Flintshire, Wales
By The Way…
He emigrated from Wales, just before the war to Australia, enlisting in August into the AIF
VC Held By
Australian War Memorial, Hall of Valour, Canberra, ACT, Australia
BORN 16 August 1894
DIED 21 September 1917 AGE 23
VC Won 20 September 1917 AGE 23
Place VC Won Glencorse Wood, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1917
