Sterling Napier FRANKI

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FRANKI, Sterling Napier

Service Number:	2166
Enlisted:	10 September 1915, Sydney
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	1st Field Company Engineers
Born:	Balman, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Balmain, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	Barker College, Hornsby, Sydney NSW
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Died of wounds, Pozieres, France, 27 July 1916
Cemetery:	Puchevillers British Cemetery, France Plot II, Row B, Grave 24
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1915:	Enlisted Australian Army (Post WW2), Sapper, 2166, 1st Field Company Engineers, Sydney
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Sapper, 2166, 1st Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Sapper, 2166, 1st Field Company Engineers, HMAT Beltana, Sydney
27 Jul 1916:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 2166, 1st Field Company Engineers, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2166 awm_unit: 1st Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-07-27

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

Sterling Napier FRANKI was born in Balmain, Sydney in 1892

His parents were James Peter FRANKI & his second wife Bessie JOHNSON who married in Victoria in 1882

He enlisted in Sydney on 10th September, 1915 and embarked with the 1st Field Company Engineers, 11th reinforcements on the HMAT Beltana on 9th November, 1915

Sterling died from shell shrapnel wounds at the 44th Casualty Clearing Station in France and is buried in the Puchenvillers British Cemetery

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and a memorial in St Johns Church of England Church in Balmain, Sydney

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