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BILBY, Frank

Service Number:	1310
Enlisted:	7 December 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery
Born:	London, England, 1 May 1892
Home Town:	Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Servites Park Walk School, Chelsea
Occupation:	Steward/Blacksmith
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 25 July 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

7 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1310, 9th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Queensland
13 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1310, 9th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: ''
13 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1310, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane
25 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1310, 3rd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1310 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-25

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Biography

Came to Australia aged 20. Son of William John Bilby and Mary