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Frank Lesley SCHUYLER

Regimental number2321
Place of birthRedruth, South Australia
SchoolCopperhouse Public School, Burra, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressBraemar Station, via Hallett, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs. Catherine Schuyler, Braemar Station via Hallett, South Australia
Enlistment date5 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Light Horse Regiment, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/14/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A41 Bakara on 28 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion, Imperial Camel Corps
FateDied of wounds 20 April 1917
Place of death or woundingGaza, Palestine
Age at death22.5
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialGaza War Cemetery (Plot XII, Row D, Grave No. 2), Palestine
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
10
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Catherine SCHUYLER, Aberdeen, South Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 2322 Trooper Robert Sutton SCHUYLER, 9th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 28 January 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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