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Frank PLAYFORD

Regimental number3747
Date of birth10 January 1895
Place of birthUnley, South Australia
SchoolMitcham and Semaphore Public Schools, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTeamster
AddressThe Gables, Mitcham, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs F Playford, The Gables, Mitcham, South Australia
Enlistment date3 August 1915
Unit name16th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board RMS Malwa on 2 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 3 July 1919
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date--/10/1919
Other detailsWar service: Egypt, France, Belgium. Taken prisoner of war at Reincourt, 11 April 1917; released 12 December 1918.
Date of death6 February 1964
Age at death69
Place of burialBrighton Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia

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