WEYGANG, Frank Churchman
| Service Number: | 694 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 February 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 19th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, 15 July 1894 |
| Home Town: | Aberdeen, Upper Hunter Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Maybury School, Surrey |
| Occupation: | Farm hand |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 14 November 1916, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
Warlencourt British Cemetery Plot IV, Row E, Grave 1, Warlencourt British Cemetery, Warlencourt-Eaucourt, Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 694, 19th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 694, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 694, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Wounded Private, 694, 19th Infantry Battalion, GSW (elbow) | |
| 16 Sep 1916: | Wounded Private, 694, 19th Infantry Battalion | |
| 14 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 694, 19th Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, KIA in Battle of Gueudecourt, France |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Frank Churchman WEYGANG was born on 15th July, 1894 in St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands
His parents were Louis Gustav WEYGANG and Sarah Ann CHURCHMAN
He came to Australia as an unassisted immigrant on the ship 'Norseman' in November, 1911 aged 17 years
Frank enlisted on 24th February 1915 in Liverpool, NSW as a Private with the 19th Australian Infantry Battalion, (B Company) - they embarked from Melbourne on HMAT Ceramic on 25th June, 1915
He was wounded twice, listed as missing & later Killed in Action on 14th November, 1916 at the Battle of Gueudecourt in France and buried in Warlencourt British Cemetery - his name is memorialised at the Australian War Memorial, the Maybury School Roll of Honour in England, the Woking Town Square Memorial and the Woking Christ Church in Surrey, England
He was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & Victory Medal
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