WYATT, Frank
| Service Numbers: | 775, 775B |
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| Enlisted: | 30 December 1916, Townsville, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 9th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brompton, England, 4 December 1881 |
| Home Town: | McKinlay, McKinlay, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | State School Teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 August 1918, aged 36 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Julia Creek MacKinlay Shire Honor Roll, McKinlay War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 775, 3rd Machine Gun Company, Townsville, Qld. | |
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| 21 Nov 1917: | Involvement Private, 775, 3rd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Nov 1917: | Embarked Private, 775, 3rd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 11 Aug 1918: | Involvement Private, 775B, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 775B awm_unit: 9th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-11 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George Wyatt, 15 Oaklands Grove, Shepherd's Bush, London, England
Private Frank Wyatt was killed in action in France on 11th August last. He was a resident of Forbes for four or five years, and made great many friends. He was a member (violin) of Acret's orchestra, and resided with Mr J. Jeffries, across the river towards Wowingragong. Private Wyatt enlisted at Townsville, but with other Queensland troops sailed from Melbourne on 21st November, 1917, being then an Acting Lance-Corporal. While at the front he was a Lewis gunner.
The following verse is from the pen of Private Frank Wyatt, who was formerly school teacher at Eulimore, in the Eugowra district. Private Wyatt was killed in action in France on August 11.
SUMMER IN FLANDERS.
Summer comes to Flanders now.
Sunny days and scented air.
Happy birds on bush and bough,
Sing in rapture free from care.
But to us these many years,
Summer comes with blood and tears.
Winding lanes and hedges tall.
Meadows rich with flowers anod.
Gentle rains refreshing all -
Grazing beast and swelling pod.
But the trenches grim and long,
Thunder forth their murder song.
Sunsets pass in fiery dress.
Dawns show cool in virgin white.
Beauty seeks her Truth to press,
Firmly on our blinded sight.
But the stars all whisper low,
" See the crosses - how they grow !"
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