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Frank DUKE

Regimental number3133
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationShunter
AddressBallarat, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Frank Duke, sen., 314 Lydiard Street, Ballarat, Victoria
Enlistment date18 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name60th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/77/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 16 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll38th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 31 August 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death24
Place of burialPeronne Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot V, Row A, Grave No. 28), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
129
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frank and Grace DUKE. Born at Ballarat, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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