FRANKS, Thomas Hinton
| Service Number: | N425333 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Lawrence, New South Wales, Australia, 17 June 1910 |
| Home Town: | Maclean, Clarence Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fisherman |
| Died: | Maclean, New South Wales, Australia, 23 May 1988, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Maclean Lawn Cemetery, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 21 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N425333, 2nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) | |
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| 30 Sep 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, N425333, 2nd (NSW) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Thomas Hinton Franks (Service No:N425333) served (Part Time Duty) with the ACMF 2 Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) from 21 April 1942 to 30 September 1945.
Born in 1909 at Maclean NSW, Thomas was the youngest of seven children of Thomas Samuel Boddington Franks (b1874 at Woodford Island, Maclean, NSW) and first wife Eva Jane Wallwork (b1878 at Bushgrove via Grafton, NSW), Thomas Snr (a Labourer) and Eva married in 1900 at Maclean, NSW where they settled and raised their family and Thomas Snr worked as a Labourer and Farmer.
Thomas worked as a Fisherman in Maclean NSW and in 1934 married Thelma Agnes Smith (b1912 in Dungarubba, NSW). The couple settled in Maclean where they raised their family and Thomas worked as a Fisherman. Thomas died in 1988 and Thelma in 1995.
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