Frank Edward EVERITT

EVERITT, Frank Edward

Service Number: Officer
Enlisted: 22 December 1915
Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Alton, Hampshire. England., 23 August 1893
Home Town: Newtown (NSW), Inner West, New South Wales
Schooling: The Grammar School, Farnham, Surrey, England, Moore Theological College Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Student of Theology
Died: Died of Wounds, 103rd Field Ambulance, Pozieres, France, 20 July 1916, aged 22 years
Cemetery: Albert Communal Extension Cemetery, France
Plot I. Row J. Grave 11. Inscription: BE THOU FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH AND I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

22 Dec 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer
15 Jan 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Osterley embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
15 Jan 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion, RMS Osterley, Sydney
29 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania"
4 Apr 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
20 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , Died of Wounds received while in action in the area of Pozieres.
20 Jul 1916: Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , G.S.W. Left Humerus.
20 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Officer, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1916-07-20

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

Births Dec 1893  Everitt Frank Edward Alton 2c 148.

Enlisted 7th July 1915.

Embarked 15th January 1916.

He was 22 and the son of James and Kate Agnes Everitt of 4 Moreton Road, South Croydon, Surrey (at enlistment his parents’ address was given as Bank House, Strand Street, Sandwich, Kent).

He is remembered on the Sandwich St Mary war memorial which is on the west wall of St Mary's Arts Centre (formerly St Mary's Church), Church Street, Sandwich. It takes the form of a Cruciform wooden board with inscription and the names of the fallen in white-painted, incised, lettering.

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