FLOYD, Frank Edward
| Service Number: | 4302 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 October 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 1 June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Motor driver |
| Died: | Killed in action, Dernancourt, France, 28 March 1918, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme Plot IV, Row D, Grave No. 4. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4302, 31st Infantry Battalion | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 4302, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 4302, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane | |
| 28 Mar 1918: | Involvement Private, 4302, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4302 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-03-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Frank Edward ‘Teddy’ Lloyd drove a motor lorry for Johnson and Sons, boot manufacturers, of Brisbane, Queensland, prior to enlisting.
He was the son of Edward Gray Floyd and his mother, Julia, had died in 1901 when Frank was only seven years of age.
Frank joined the 47th Battalion on the Western Front during July 1917. He was wounded on 20 August 1917 with shrapnel to the side and back. He spent several months recovering in France and rejoined the 47th Battalion in late October 1917.
He was serving with the unit on 28 March 1917 when they were heavily attacked by large German forces near Dernancourt. Lloyd was said by witnesses to have been killed instantly by shell fire during the afternoon of the 28 March 1918.
After the war his roll of honour form was not filled out. His medals and entitlements were awarded to an older sister, Agnes, after she informed Base Records that she had raised her brother from childhood, and the father never lived with them.
Frank at least has a grave, his body was originally buried in Henencourt Wood British Cemetery, about 7km behind Dernancourt, until it was concentrated into the Ribemont Communal Cemetery Extension.
Frank also had a death notice placed in the Brisbane newspapers by his fiancé, Miss Ida Price.
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