Frank Leslie HALE

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HALE, Frank Leslie

Service Number:	1716
Enlisted:	16 June 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	28th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Nathalia, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Wickepin, Wickepin, Western Australia
Schooling:	State Schools, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 23 August 1916
Cemetery:	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery VII B 157,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Nathalia Rock and Chain Memorial, Wickepin District Roll of Honor, Wickepin District Roll of Honour WWI, Wickepin Fallen Soldiers Memorial

World War 1 Service

16 Jun 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1716, 28th Infantry Battalion
23 Jul 1915:	Involvement Private, 1716, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Jul 1915:	Embarked Private, 1716, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Fremantle
12 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1716, 28th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
4 Aug 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1716, 28th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , SW to back and shell shock. Evacuated to 13th General Hospital (Boulogne) where he died of his wounds on 23 August 1916.

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Stanley and Emily HALE, Keane Street, Belmont Park, Western Australia

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

“To lose both her sons (all she had), in the one month, was a fearful blow to her poor soul”.

Reference to Mrs Emily Hale, the mother of two sons who enlisted from Dorakin, Wickepin, Western Australia

Frank's brother 964 Pte. Henry George Hale, 28th Battalion AIF, was seen to be hit by a shell and killed in action 4th/6th August, 1916. He was 26 years of age. His body was never found and he is remembered on the Villers Bretonneux Memorial France.

Private Frank Leslie Hale, 28th Battalion AIF would not have been far away when Henry was killed. The brothers were both in C Company. Frank was badly wounded in the next few hours, near Pozieres on the 5th August 1916. Shot in the abdomen, he lingered for just over 2 weeks before he succumbed to his wounds in the 13th General Hospital at Boulogne.

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