FRANKCOMBE, Vernon Egbert
| Service Number: | 1036 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 September 1914, Pontville, Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Blackwood Creek, Tasmania, Australia, 26 November 1890 |
| Home Town: | Sheffield, Kentish, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School Beulah, Tasmania |
| Occupation: | Overseer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 13 May 1915, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at Quinns Post |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kentish Municipality Honour Roll Mural, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Scottsdale Municipality Pictorial HR, Sheffield War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1036, 15th Infantry Battalion, Pontville, Tasmania | |
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| 22 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1036, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1036, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 13 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1036, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1036 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-05-13 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Vernon Egbert FRANKCOMBE was born on 26th November, 1890 at Blackwood Creek, Tasmania
His parents were William Henry FRANKCOMBE and Mary Ann Martha JESSOP
He enlisted as a Private at Pontville, Tasmania on the 19th September, 1914 and embarked with the 15th Battalion, C Company on the HMAT Ceramic on 22nd December, 1914 leaving from Melbourne
Vernon was Killed in Action on 13th May, 1915 at the Gallipoli Peninsular and was buried at Quinns Post
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Lone Pine Memorial - he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
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His brother Quinton Lambert FRANKCOMBE (SN4916) served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919
Another brother Douglas Cecil FRANKCOMBE (SN1850) also served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919
Another brother Cecil Gordon FRANKCOMBE (SN T21022) served in WW2 and was discharged in 1945
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