Frank Edward Robert KAESEHAGEN
A.I.F Project https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=159513
See also his World War Two service.
Frank Edward KAESEHAGEN
KAESEHAGEN, Frank Edward Robert
b. 4 Jun 1894, Adelaide, SA
d. 18 Sep 1977
e. Military 12th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement, 4156
e. Burial Kingscote Cemetery, SA
e. Political BET 1934 & 1938 Councillor, Kingscote Council secretary of the KI Sub-branch of the R.S.L.
m. CHAPMAN, Gladys Sylvia 07 May 1923 Kingscote,Kangaroo Island, SA
d. 14 Jun 1982
See also WW2 service
Service Number: 4156
Rank: Private
Unit:
Service: Army
Conflict: First World War, 1914-1918
Award: Military Medal
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 27 June 1918
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 1390, position 112
Date of London Gazette: 28 January 1918
Location in London Gazette: Page 1403, position 84
http://www.awm.gov.au/people/rolls/R1548278/
Mrs. L. Kaesehagen, Ellen Street, New Prospect, has received advice from the Military Department that her son, Pte. F. F. Kaesehagen, has been awarded the Military Medal.
NEWS ABOUT SOLDIERS. (1918, July 20). The Mail(Adelaide, SA : 1912 - 1954), p. 2. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63753767
His citation for the MM in WW1 reads
“In operations near HOOGE east of YPRES from 1st to 8th October, 1917, when Company signallers and runners had become casualties he volunteered to carry an important message through an intense barrage and afterwards continued to act as messenger displaying great gallantry and devotion to duty. On two occasions when returning from delivering messages to Battalion Headquarters, he met stretcher bearers and a ration party who were lost and guided them to their destination.”
C.O. 12th Battalion A.I.F.
http://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=7365800&S=1 plus 14 more documents
RSL Virtual War Memorial:
https://vwma.org.au/explore/people/209550
LIEUTENANT FRANK EDWARD ROBERT KAESEHAGEN SN 4156
Birth Citation
(Secondary evidence)
Page: Ade 545 43
Text: Given Name(s): Edward Frank Robert Last Name: KAESEHAGEN Birth Date: 1894, June 04 Gender: M Father: Edward Carl Hermann KAESEHAGEN Mother: Annie Gravener MULLIN Birth Place/Residence: Adelaide District: Adelaide Symbol: Book/Page: 545/43
Marriage (m. CHAPMAN, Gladys Sylvia) Citation
(Secondary evidence)
Page: Yan 295/570
Text: Groom Given Name(s): Frank Edward Robert Groom Last Name: KAESEHAGEN Bride Given Name(s): Gladys Sylvia Bride Last Name: CHAPMAN Marriage Date: 1923, May 07 Marriage Place: St Albans Church Kingscote KI Groom Age: 28 Groom Approx. Birth Year: 1895 Groom Marital Status: S Groom Father: Edward KAESEHAGEN Bride Age: 32 Bride Approx. Birth Year: 1891 Bride Marital Status: S Bride Father Name: Richard CHAPMAN District: Yankalilla Symbol: Book/Page: 295/570
Burial Notes
KASEHAGEN, F. E. R., MM, Captain, S1187, 25 Garrison Battalion, 18 September 1977, age 83; beloved husband of Gladys Sylvia
KASEHAGEN, Gladys Sylvia, died 14 June 1982, in her 92nd year, beloved wife of Frank E. Kasehagen
- http://www.ozburials.com/CemsSA/kingscote.htm
· He came to KI in 1920
· He won a Military Medal in 1919 for bravery near Ypres in October 1917
· He was a commissioned officer (S1187) in WW2 enlisting in 1940 and being discharged in 1947 and at least for some of his service was based at the Loveday camp for internees, aliens and POWs
· The spelling of his name seems to vary between KAESEHAGEN and KASEHAGEN. The family came from Hanover in the 1850s and I would suspect the former spelling is the correct one. - Chris Ward 10 Feb 2015