SLATER, Frank
| Service Number: | 4260 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Chippendale, New South Wales, Australia, 1 March 1895 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Repatriation General Hospital (RGH), Concord, New South Wales, 25 February 1959, aged 63 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales Rookwood Crematorium Rose Garden beside his twin brother, Will who also served in WW1 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 4260, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 4260, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Sydney |
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Frank was born Francis Stanley but known in the family as Mick, he & his twin brother, Will were the eldest of 12 children of William Robert Slater & Frances Elizabeth Stevens and were born in Chippendale, NSW, he enlisted on 20 OCT 1915 at Holdsworthy Army Base, NSW. Mick was more of a larrikin than his quieter identical twin brother, Will but both boys loved their parents, siblings & friends dearly. Mick suffered GSW to both arms & his left leg, along with shrapnel wounds while in Europe and was returned to Australia, arriving back in Sydney on 15.5.1917 onboard HMAT "Beltana". Shortly after he returned to storeman work & on 3.2.1923 he married Priscilla Victoria Hughes, they did not have children together but adopted a beautiful little boy, Frankie, they lived in the Punchbowl area until 1943 when they moved to Manly, Mick worked up to the time of his death although he was never in good health. Prior to joining up Mick served 2 years in the Citizen Forces 
this photograph was taken during this time.
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