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Frank Richard UPHILL

Regimental number3672
Place of birthAllandale East, South Australia
SchoolAllandale Public School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
AddressMount Gambier, South Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation44
Next of kinWife, Mrs E L Uphill, Kongorong via Mount Gambier, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed five years in a Defence Rifle Club.
Enlistment date14 July 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name9th Light Horse Regiment, 33rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/14/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board SS Port Darwin on 30 April 1918
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll9th Light Horse Regiment
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularHe died of sickness. He was a first class horseman and a bushman of the finest order.
FateDied of disease 21 October 1915
Age at death49
Age at death from cemetery records49
Place of burialBeirut British War Cemetery (Grave No. 68), Syria
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
7
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Sarah Emma UPHILL; husband of Mrs. E.I. UPHILL, Kongorong, Mount Gambier, South Australia. Commemorated in Port MacDonnell Cemetery, South Australia.~

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