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Frank Valentine ALLISON

Regimental number181
Place of birthLaunceston, Tasmania
SchoolGrammar School, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMechanic
AddressMount Direction, East Tamar, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinWife, Mrs Gertrude R Allison, Lefroy, Mount Direction East Tamar, Tasmania
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentLSGT
Unit name12th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollLance Sergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of instant pancreatitis.
FateDied of wounds 29 May 1915
Place of death or woundingCairo, Egypt
Age at death27
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave 268), Egypt.
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
64
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frank and Emma ALLISON.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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