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Frank Seaforth ALLISON

Regimental number2813
Place of birthRichmond, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngineer
AddressWindsor Street, Richmond, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinFather, Joseph William Allison, Windsor Street, Richmond, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in theCadets (5 years); 41st Infantry, Citizen Military Forces (still serving at time of AIF enlistment.)
Enlistment date19 July 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name1st Pioneer Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number14/13/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 17 October 1916
Place of burialMont Huon Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row H, Grave 6B), Le Treport, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
171
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph William and Jane Ann ALLISON.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 17 January 1917; disembarked Plymouth, 9 January 1917; marched into Pioneer Training Bn, Plymouth, 2 March 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 14 June 1917; marched into 1st Australian Divisional Base Depot, Le Havre, 15 June 1917.

Proceeded to unit, 28 June 1917; taken on strength of 1st Pioneer Bn, 30 June 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 20 March 1918; rejoined unit, 6 April 1918.

Deatched to Artillery School, Tilques, 3 July 1918; rejoined unit, 13 July 1918.

Admitted to No 16 General Hospital, Treport, 28 September 1918 (pyrexia).

Died, 5 October 1918 (bronchial pneumonia).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, ALLISON Frank Seaforth

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