Studio portrait of Frederick George Jurd, in the uniform of a Private of the Royal Marines ...

Studio portrait of Frederick George Jurd, in the uniform of a Private of the Royal Marines (Artillery Branch). He was born in London in 1870 and emigrated to Australia some time after 1910. On 15 August 1914, aged 43 years, Jurd enlisted in the naval contingent of the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) as an Able Seaman serving until January 1915. In May 1915, he enlisted as a private and joined the 2nd Battalion. He saw service at Gallipoli and was stationed there until the evacuation. In 1916, he was transferred to the 5th Pioneer Battalion and served with it for the remainder of the war, rising to the rank of Warrant Officer. Jurd was decorated three times in 1918, receiving the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM), the Military Medal (MM) and the Belgian Croix de Guerre. He returned to Australia in February 1919, and was discharged as medically unfit due to a gun shot wound incurred at Bellicourt to his right leg.

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• Studio portrait of Able Seaman (AB) Frederick George Jurd, Naval Contingent of the Australian ...