Frederick George Hebb (SN 102/2322) born in Adelaide, was a 20 year old fishmonger when he first enlisted in Melbourne on August 17th 1914. With the 8th Infantry Battalion, he embarked aboard the Benalla on October 19th destined for service at Gallipoli. In June 1915 he suffered an accidental gunshot wound to his foot and was evacuated to hospital in Egypt before being returned to Australia aboard the Euripides. He reached Melbourne in October and was discharged medically unfit on January 18th 1916.
Once recovered, he re-enlisted on September 28th at Ballarat and embarked aboard the Port Lincoln on October 20th. He joined the 39th Battalion in France in April 1917. In October he suffered a shrapnel wound to his arm and was evacuated to hospital in England. He rejoined his unit in February 1918 and was wounded again, gassed, in August. He was then troubled by laryngitis during the final months of the war. He returned home aboard the Shropshire, disembarked at Melbourne on May 16th 1919 and was discharged on June 23rd.