CLOAK, William Frank
| Service Numbers: | 3375, 3375A |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia , 23 May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Cairns, Cairns, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Horse Driver |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 28 March 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, Row C, Grave 17, Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension, Senlis-le-Sec, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Cenotaph, Mareeba Woothakata Shire Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 3375, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 3375, 49th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Sydney | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Involvement Private, 3375A, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3375A awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-28 |
William Frank Cloak
William Frank Cloak (aka Cloake) was the second eldest child of William Henry Cloake and his wife Flora (West). They had married in 1886 and had six children – Florence Eliza (1889), William Frances (1892), Charles Henry (1894), Emily May and Ernest Edmund John (1897) and Sarah An (1903). His mother, Florence Cloake died 1903 and his father, William Henry died 1945
William was residing at Wolfram Camp when he enlisted at Cairns on 21 October 1916 naming his father William Henry Cloak, White Rock Via Cairns as his next of kin. His occupation was Horse Driver and he was 22 years 5 months of age, 5 feet 8 inches in height, weighed 131 pounds with a dark complexion, dark brown eyes and hair. He was Roman Catholic.
William left all of his real estate to Miss Madge Gillmore of Wolfram Creek.
He embarked on the HMAT Ayrshire from Sydney on 24 January 1917 arriving in England on 12 April 1917. Before proceeding to France on 6 August 1917 he reported sick and again after arriving in France was admitted to hospital in Have, sick. He rejoined his unit on 21 September 1917.
William Frank Cloak was killed in action in France on 28 March 1918 and is buried at Senlis Communal Cemetery Extension, Senlis-le-Sec, Picardie, France.
A communication from the A.I.F. advised that “a package of personal effects of the late No. 3375A Private W.F.Cloak, 49th Battn. was included in a consignment shipped from England per S.S.”Barunga”, which vessel was, lost at sea with all cargo”.
Courtesy of The Cairns District Family History Society.
Submitted 20 March 2021 by Lynette Turner
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