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Frank Manfred ELPHICK

Regimental number204
Place of birthAdelong, New South Wales
SchoolAdelong State Public School, Adelong, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWheelwright
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinFather, J Elphick, blacksmith, Tumut, New South Wales
Enlistment date25 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentWHLR
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 1, Brigade Ammunition Column
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A8 Argyllshire on 18 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Field Artillery Brigade
FateKilled in Action 5 October 1917
Place of death or woundingWytschaete, Belgium (Battle of Messines)
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialThe Huts Cemetery (Plot X, Row A, Grave No. 8), Dickebusch, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
11
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and W. ELPHICK, Capper Street, Tumut, New South Wales. Native of Adelong, New South Wales

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