Frank Chloride BOX

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BOX, Frank Chloride

Service Number:	189
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	29th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 26 July 1893
Home Town:	Mildura, Mildura Shire, Victoria
Schooling:	State School
Occupation:	Hortilculturist
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 24 November 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Merbein Memorial Gates, Mildura Cenotaph, Mildura Workingmans Club War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 189, 29th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 189, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 189, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Ellen and the late John BOX, Mildura, Victoria.

The friends of Mr. Jas. Box will learn with deep regret that his son, Frank, has been killed' in action. The sad news came through on Friday evening last to the Rev. H. C. Russell as follows: — 'Officially reported that Private F. C. Box was killed in action on 24/11/16. Kindly inform Mr. J Box of the sad news and convey to him the sympathy of the King, Queen and Commonwealth.' Mr. Box has two other sons at the front, both of whom have been wounded. One was reported to be dangerously wounded, but wrord has since been received that he is now out of danger. A friend in the trenches writing of Private Frank Box, said he was game right through; had used five rifles in an attack, using them one by one till they became too hot to hold, and came through that encounter without a scratch. Do not men of this type deserve all the help Australia can send them?

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