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Frank COLE

Regimental number1854
Place of birthMount Morgan, Queensland
SchoolMoonmera School and Mount Morgan Boys State School, Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationHorse driver
AddressBaree, Mount Morgan, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, Harry Cole, Baree, Mount Morgan, Queensland
Enlistment date6 September 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name2nd Light Horse Regiment, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/7/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A36 Boonah on 22 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 12 October 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23.9
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialRoisel Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 22), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
16
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Harry and Elizabeth Mary COLE, Baree, Queensland
Family/military connectionsUncle: Pte Percy Butcher, killed Egypt.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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