Australian Military Units

Second Lieutenant Frederic Manning

Date of birth	1882-07-22	Sydney, NSW.
Other	1907	Went to live in England to complete his studies.
Date returned to Australia	1909	Returned to his home in Sydney.
Other	1913	Returned to England to live, study and write.
Date and unit at enlistment (ORs)	1915	Enlisted as a private in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, having once been rejected by the Royal Flying Corps.
Date promoted	1916	The same year Manning fought on the Somme he was promoted to lance corporal.
Other	1916-11	Applied for a comission.
Date commissioned	1917-05-30	Comissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Irish Regiment.
Other	1917-07	Posted to Ireland.
Date of discharge	1917-10	Manning was hospitalised in Cork, Ireland, suffering from nervous exhaustion. He was discharged on the grounds he was unfit for duty.
Other	1918-10	Manning sought to be reappointed as an officer but was rejected.
Other	1929	Published a book about his war experiences named The middle parts of fortune. He published the book under the pseudonym "Private 19022".
Date returned to Australia	1932	Returned to Australia suffering form ill-health.
Other	1934	Manning travelled to England.
Date of death	1935-02-22	Hampstead, London.