When August Hermann Freund was born on 20 March 1876, in Koonunga, South Australia, Australia, his father, Johann Freundt, was 42 and his mother, Ann Jenke, was 33. He married Anna Louise BAEHNISCH about 1899, in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 11 July 1970, in Loxton Waikerie - East, South Australia, Australia, at the age of 94.