URPETH, Francis Humphrey
| Service Number: | 6145 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | North Shields. England, 1881 |
| Home Town: | Artarmon, Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Ironmonger |
| Died: | Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia, 4 April 1931, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 6145, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 6145, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Served as Frank Urpeth.
Address at the time of enlistment was Broughton Road, Artarmon, NSW.
Previously served with the Volunteers Tepremoult Artillery for three years
Son of William Urpeth and Frances Ann Urpeth of Marden Terrace, Cullercourts Northumberland, England.
11 September 1916 - enlisted at Sydney, NSW, with the 21st Battalno and with the rank of Private.
4 October 1917 - wounded. Shell shock
1 September 1918 - wounded in action, second occasion. Multpile wounds including shoulder, face and neck. Invalided to England on 5 Septmeber 1918
18 January 1919 - commenced return to Australia on aboard HT Ulysses as wounded disembarking on 4 March 1919 at Melbourne for onward travel to Sydney.
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
14 August 1919 - discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounding.
During 1919c Francis married Elizabeth C.G. Patterson in Chatswood