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Frank Horace HEWARD

Regimental number3317
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
ReligionCongregational
OccupationClerk
AddressCamberwell, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 7.25"
Weight134 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Heward, 7 Orange Grove, Camberwell, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in the Senior Cadets; 1 year in the Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date19 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 11th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 11 October 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner (Panel No 15), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
167
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Taken on strength, 6th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 7 January 1916.

Transferred to 58th Bn, 17 February 1916; to 59th Bn, 15 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 16 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 3 July 1916.

Reported missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Handwritten note on file: 'Presume Buried In No Man's Land at approx 5J90-43 to 5K0.25.1 Sheet Hazebrouck 5A'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, HEWARD Frank Horace
Red Cross file 1300702

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