DENHAM, Frank Arthur
| Service Number: | 4332 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 18 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brighouse, Yorkshire, England, April 1886 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Ypres Reservoir Cemetery I.H.21, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4332, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Jan 1916: | Involvement Private, 4332, 11th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jan 1916: | Embarked Private, 4332, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Borda, Fremantle | |
| 12 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 4332, 48th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4332 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-12 | |
| 6 Aug 2016: | Wounded Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, 4332, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nigel Barker
Frank was born in Brighouse, Yorkshire, England. He was the son of Joah and Sarah Denham. He was a baker by trade. He emigrated to Perth in 1910 at the age of 24. He volunteered for the Australian Imperial Force in August 1915. He embarked for Egypt in early 1916, and then on to France in June 1916. He was with the 48th Battalion at the Battle of the Somme, and was wounded at Pozieres in August of that year. Charles Bean, Australia’s official “on the spot” historian and correspondent, wrote that Pozieres’s ridge “is more densely sown with Australian sacrifice than any other place on Earth.”
He was invalided to England and recuperated over the next year. He returned to his unit in September, 1917. He was killed at the battle of Passchendaele three weeks later.
Biography contributed by Nigel Barker
During his time in England, Frank was able to visit his parents and his eight brothers and sisters. One of whom was my grandmother Lily, her own husband William Stead serving with the Royal Garrison Artillery at the time.
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