Frank COLLETT

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Service Number:	1519
Enlisted:	26 April 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Rushcutter's Bay, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales
Schooling:	Moss Vale Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Heart Failure following treatment for shell wound - Left Thigh, Malta, 20 December 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery Grave C. III. 3. INSCRIPTION MANY WATERS CANNOT QUENCH LOVE NEITHER CAN FLOODS DROWN IT, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burwood Memorial Arch

26 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
26 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private
12 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 1519, 19th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 1519, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney

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He was 24 and the son of Elizabeth Gibbs (formerly Collett), of Burwood, New South Wales, and the late Percy Collett.