PORTER, Frank Robert
| Service Number: | 894 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Notting Hill, Victoria, Australia, 29 August 1894 |
| Home Town: | Clayton, Monash, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | Clayton, Monash - Victoria, Australia, 19 April 1939, aged 44 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Church of England, Compartment F, Section 23, Grave 54 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 894, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Lance Corporal, 894, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Jan Porter
Frank had previous Military Service before he enlisted in WW1. He had spent 2 years with the Lighthorse 29th Regiment. He was wounded in action at Gallipoli and was suffering from shock and Rheumatism when it was decided he would be returned to Australia for change of area. He never returned to the War....
Regimental Number 894
Place of Birth Notting Hill Victoria
Religion Protestant
Occupation Painter
Address Hawthorn Avenue, Caulfield, Victoria
Age at Enlistment 20
Next of Kin Father, Arthur John Porter, Hawthorn Avenue, Caulfield, Victoria
Enlistment Date 17th August 1914
Rank on Enlistment Lance Corporal
Unit Name 5th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation Details Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A3 Orvieto on 21st October 1914
Rank from Nominal Roll Private
Unit from Nominal Roll 5th Battalion
War Service: Gallipoli.
Medals: 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal.
Returned to Australia leaving England on the 29th July 1915 on board the HT Horarato. He was formerly discharged on the 12th of April 1916.
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