Frank FRANKLIN

Regimental number1939
Place of birthMilltown, Victoria
SchoolMt Eckersley, Victoria No. 1720
ReligionMethodist
OccupationEngine driver
AddressMiltown, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5 ' 9.75"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinFather, W J Franklin, Milltown, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date19 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll20 January 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name14th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/31/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 17 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll14th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 27 August 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death27 August 1915
Age at death22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 41), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
72
Family/military connectionsBrother: 53 Pte Benjamin FRANKLIN MM, 13th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 27 April 1919; Cousin: 1651 Pte Charles Wesley ADAMSON, 23rd Bn, killed in action, 6 December 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Melbourne, 17 April 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 8 June 1915.

Admitted to No. 1 General Hospital, Cairo, 7 June 1915 (dysentery); embarked Alexandria to rejoin 14th Bn, Gallipoli, 17 August 1915.

Reported missing, Gallipoli, 27 August 1915.

Court of Inquiry held at Serapeum, 6 April 1916, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, Gallipoli, 27 August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, FRANKLIN Frank