Frank Simmie SELLWOOD

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SELLWOOD, Frank Simmie

Service Numbers:	33283, V143809
Enlisted:	3 October 1916, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Ordnance Vehicle Park
Born:	St Germains, Victoria, Australia , 17 April 1895
Home Town:	Undera, Greater Shepparton, Victoria
Schooling:	Undera Primary School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Tongala, Victoria, Australia, 24 May 1976, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Kyabram Civil Cemetery, Victoria
Memorials:	Undera Honor Roll WW1

World War 1 Service

3 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 33283, Field Artillery Brigades, Melbourne, Vic.
11 May 1917:	Embarked Gunner, 33283, Field Artillery Brigades, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne
11 May 1917:	Involvement Gunner, 33283, Field Artillery Brigades, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
3 Oct 1917:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Belgium
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 33283, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, Third Ypres
8 Aug 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 33283, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, The Battle of Amiens
31 Aug 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 33283, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, "The Last Hundred Days", Gassed near Clery. Evacuated to UK. Never rejoined unit.
10 Mar 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 33283, 7th Field Artillery Brigade, RTA 2 January 1919 and discharged as MU (gassed).

World War 2 Service

18 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V143809, Ordnance Stores Companies, 4th Ordnance Store Coy
18 Nov 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, V143809
18 Mar 1947:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , V143809, 1st Ordnance Vehicle Park, Sergeant
18 Mar 1947:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, V143809

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Biography contributed by John GUEST

Frank Simmie Sellwood 1895-1976. Military Service WWI and WWII. His is David Sellwood’s paternal grandfather. Frank was born St Germains, Victoria and died in Kyabram, Victoria.

Frank aged 21 years, enlisted in the AIF in October 1916 and served as a gunner with the 2th Battery, 7th FAB, 3rd Division. He initially saw action at Ypres front, Belgium for six months before being rushed down, with thousands of other Australians to the Somme, France in March 1918 to help stop the German offensive there. He was hospitalised after being gassed on the 31st August 1918, and discharged from the army in 1919.

He re-enlisted for WW2 in November 1941, and served at the 1st Australian Ordinance Park at Bandiana, Victoria. He was discharged from the army in March 1947 (Australian War Memorial: Service number: 33283; Rank: Gunner; Unit: 7th Australian Field Artillery Brigade; Conflict/Operation: First World War, 1914-1918; Fate: Returned to Australia).

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