Frederic Manning (1882-1935), novelist and poet, was born on 22 July 1882 in Sydney Australia. After the onset of WWI Manning enlisted as a private in the King's Shropshire Light Infantry in 1915 and served in France on the Somme. On 30 May 1917 he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Royal Irish Regiment of Foot, but ill health prevented further active service. That year he published his third volume of poetry, Eidola, which includes several war poems.
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