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Frank Kirkby KINGSLEY

Regimental number2683
Date of birth18 June 1893
Place of birthRichmond, Victoria
SchoolSturt Street Public School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFireman, SAR
AddressProspect, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Wardsley Kingsley, 10 Vine Street, Prospect, South Australia
Enlistment date28 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A16 Port Melbourne on 23 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 2 April 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*second given name two spellings Kirkby and Kirby
Place of death or woundingNoreuil, France
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNoreuil Australian Cemetery (Special Memorial B, 18), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
150
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel Kirby and Mary Wardsley KINGSLEY, 25 Flora Terrace, Prospect, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 11153 Pte Reginald Walter KINGSLEY, Australian Army Medical Corps, returned to Australia, 31 October 1917.
Other detailsWar service: France, Belgium

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