SELLECK, Frances Palmer
| Service Number: | 121 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 24th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Numurkah, Victoria, Australia, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Numurkah, Moira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Numurkah State School No 2134, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Natural causes, Melbourne, Victoria, 2 October 1976 |
| Cemetery: |
Privately Cremated Ashes Scattered under Burwood Lone Pine Tree |
| Memorials: | Burwood Lone Pine, Melbourne Public Library and National Museum of Victoria Great War Honour Roll, Numurkah Anglican Church Roll of Honor, Numurkah State School No 2134 Roll of Honour, Numurkah Town Hall Shire of Numurkah Roll of Honor, Numurkah and District War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 121, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, 121, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Quartermaster Sergeant, 121, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne | |
| 7 Apr 1918: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette' No. 30706 (28 May 1918) | |
| 1 Jan 1919: | Honoured Military Cross, 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 61 Date: 23 May 1919 | |
| 23 Apr 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, 24th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...121 Captain Francis Palmer Selleck, A Company, 24th Battalion. Capt Selleck of Numurkah, Vic, enlisted on 9 March 1915 and was given the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant. He embarked with the 24th Battalion from Melbourne aboard HMAT Euripides on 10 May 1915. later promoted to the rank of captain, he was awarded the Military Cross (MC) on 24 September 1918 for gallant conduct while commanding carrying parties near Fleurs on 6 and 7 November 1916. After the war, Selleck was involved in establishing the Legacy Club in Melbourne with Stanley Savige and other ex-servicemen. In 1933 he was instrumental in having a seedling from Lone Pine, Gallipoli Peninsula, planted at Wattle Park in Melbourne. During the 1950s Sir Frank Selleck became Lord Mayor of Melbourne. He died on 2 October 1976 and his ashes were scattered under the tree which grew from this seedling." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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