Frank Gordon DYER

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Service Numbers:	1712, 1712A
Enlisted:	4 January 1915, Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Plymouth, England, 1894
Home Town:	Brighton, Holdfast Bay, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 December 1915
Cemetery:	7th Field Ambulance Cemetery Special Memorial, Row A, Grave 7 Rev. J.L. Cope officiated Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brighton WW1 Roll of Honour

4 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1712, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Oaklands, SA
14 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 1712, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
14 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 1712, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
9 Dec 1915:	Involvement Private, 1712A, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1712A awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1915-12-09

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Son of Catherine Gwynne Dyer of Heathwell, 2 Victoria Terreace, Paignton, Devon, England

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal