Herbert Leyshon FRANKLIN

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FRANKLIN, Herbert Leyshon

Service Number:	3104
Enlisted:	27 July 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	60th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Melbourne C of E Grammar; Bradshaw's Business College, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne Grammar School WW1 Fallen Honour Roll, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial

World War 1 Service

27 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3104, Depot Battalion
18 Nov 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3104, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
18 Nov 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3104, 21st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3104, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3104 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

HERBERT LEYSHORN FRANKLIN who was killed in action on 19th July 1916 was the son of the late Mr. H. W. Franklin. He was born in 1892 and was at the School in 1908-1909. On leaving School he entered the office of W. D. & H. O. Wills and left there to enlist on 19th July 1915, exactly a year before he was killed. He sailed for Egypt in November 1915 and after training there went on to France about the middle of June 1916. He belonged to the 60th Battalion.
He, with his brother Charles, went into the Fleurbaix battle with his battalion and was one of the very many casualties in that battle. At first he was reported missing, but later accounts showed that he was killed by the same shell that killed his brother.

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