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Frank Douglas Craig SOUTH

Regimental number3476
Place of birthPort Pirie, South Australia
SchoolPort Pirie West Public School, S.A.
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressPort Pirie, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret South, Port Pirie, South Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date12 January 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name50th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/67/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 10 February 1917
Regimental number from Nominal Roll3476A
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll50th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 August 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Frank Douglas
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialHeath Cemetery (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No. 6), Harbonnieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
151
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Margaret SOUTH, Ashbourne, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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