Frederic Manning (1882–1935)
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- Andre navne
- Private 19022
- Fødselsdato
- 1882-07-22
- Dødsdag
- 1935-02-22
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- Australia (birth)
- Land (til kort)
- Australia
- Fødested
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Dødssted
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Bopæl
- Edenham, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Bourne, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Surrey, England, UK - Uddannelse
- self-educated
- Erhverv
- poet
novelist
soldier (WWI)
reviewer
biographer - Organisationer
- British Army (WWI)
- Kort biografi
- He was born in Sydney in 1882. He moved to England in 1903 and followed a literary career as a poet and reviewer. He enlisted in the Shropshire Light Infantry in 1915 (Private # 19022). He saw heavy action on the Somme in 1916.
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