 1920 - 2008 (87 years)
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| Name |
Frederick Morgan Haig"Cheg" MAKIM |
| Nickname |
Cheg |
| Born |
19 Oct 1920 |
the family home at "Alma", Crooble, via Moree, New South Wales, Australia  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
9 Mar 2008 |
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia |
| Buried |
12 Mar 2008 |
Inverell, New South Wales, Australia |
| Person ID |
I125 |
Kirkpatrick Family |
| Last Modified |
28 Mar 2018 |
| Father |
Richard Woods"The Boss" MAKIM, ,of Alma,Crooble ,New South Wales, b. 16 Oct 1886, Springfield , Gum Flat .NSW, Australia , d. 28 Feb 1970, Moree District Hospital , New South Wales, Australia (Age 83 years) |
| Mother |
Charlotte Catherine"Cathy" HINGSTON, b. 25 Jun 1886, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia , d. 21 Jun 1970, Moree District Hospital , New South Wales, Australia (Age 83 years) |
| Married |
25 Mar 1914 |
"Mount View", Tenterfield, New South Wales, Australia |
| Family ID |
F14 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family 1 |
Madeline Beryl BROOKS, ,youngest child of Patrick and Millie Brooks, b. 16 Nov 1921, Moree, New South Wales, Australia , d. 2 Dec 1986, Inverell, New South Wales, Australia (Age 65 years) |
| Married |
1941 |
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Children |
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| Last Modified |
5 Apr 2013 |
| Family ID |
F39 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- During the New Guinea campaign in WWI "Cheg" fell down a ravine on the Kokoda Track and broke his shoulder…he was missing for 5 days and was listed as AWOL..he scrambled back up with all his gear,which took about a day and a half, and by that time he was cut off from his mates.
He said he "hung about" and hid until he could find a group to report to…it was in that time that he saw atrocities by the Japanese ,one of which was cannibalism.When he returned back to the 2/2nd he spent time in a medical camp at "Menari" on the Track for pneumonia and malaria. He never said anything about how he felt except to say.."It was no joke over there."
His brother in law Sam Kirkpatrick relates the story that Cheg was on point duty during a patrol on the Track and was shot at by a Japanese sniper hidden up a tree some distance away.The shot knocked Cheg's helmet off and grazed his skull - his immediate response was to despatch the sniper with one shot ,followed by a stream of abuse, and then continued on patrol.
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