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Thomas FRANK

Regimental number1957
Place of birthRichmond Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFettler and turner
Address38 Holland Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinFather, Thomas Frank, 38 Holland Street, Fremantle, Western Australia
Enlistment date4 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 26 April 1915
Regimental number from Nominal Roll1954
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 8 October 1917
Place of burialDivisional Collecting Post Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 14), Boestinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
16
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated (marble tablet) in St John's Anglican Church, Fremantle, Western Australia. Inscription reads: 'To the glory of God. The Choir Vestry was erected A.D. 1922 in grateful memory of the men from this parish who gave their lives for God and King and Country in the Great War 1914-1919. "Their name liveth for evermore."'
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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