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BERRILL, Frank Cecil
| Service Number: | 2791 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 10th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Sutherlands, South Australia, 26 March 1896 |
| Home Town: | Renmark, Renmark Paringa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Mechanical Engineer |
| Died: | Para Hills, South Australia, 6 February 1982, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Adelaide University of Adelaide WW1 Honour Roll, Caltowie District WW1 Roll of Honour, Gladstone High School WW1 Roll of Honor, Jamestown Methodist Church of Caltowie WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2791 | |
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| 21 Sep 1915: | Involvement Private, 2791, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1915: | Embarked Private, 2791, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of England, Adelaide | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 2791, 10th Infantry Battalion |
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Rootsweb ID I303568 Birth Record: 26 Mar 1896 in Sutherlands, South Australia
Father William Arthur Berrill and Mother Annie Louisa Berrill, Caltowie, South Australia
(native of Booleroo, South Australia).
Brother: 1829 Private Charles Leslie Berrill
KIA 3/12/1916
buried at Guards Cemetery, Lesboeufs, 4 1/2 miles south of Bapaume, France
Plot Xi, Row X, Grave No. 4
Previous service 74th Battalion Senior Cadets; 22nd Engineers, still serving on enlisting.
On enlisting Frank was 19 yrs 2 mths old; 5' 5 1/4" tall; 142 lbs; fair complexion; grey eyes; fair hair; single; Methodist; living with parents
14/6/1915 enlisted at Keswick, SA
Private with 10th Infantry Battalion, 9th reinforcements
21/9/1915 embarked from Port Adelaide onboard HMAT Star of England A15
25/11/1915 taken on strength from reinforcements into 10th Inf. Battalion, Mudros
9/11/1916 wounded in action, in the field, France
16/11/1916 gun shot wound chest and right thigh
embarked onboard HS Carisbrook Castle, Havre France for England
17/11/1916 admitted to Royal Victoria Hospital, England
21/2/1917 admitted to 3rd Auxillary Hospital, England
gun shot wound to right lung, chest and right thigh
23/5/1917 returned to Australia onbaord A33 Ayrshire
17/7/1917 disembarked into Melbourne, Australia
27/8/1917 discharged from service
Total service: 2 years 75 days (1 year 300 days overseas)
Medals: 1914/15 Star (602); British War Medal (5899); Victory Medal (5840)
Last lived at Para Hills, SA.
6/2/1982 passed away
cremated at Enfield Memorial Park
ashes were not interned at Enfield
Sourced and submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 25/4/2016. Lest we forget.
Thank you to Kaye Bottrall, Jamestown, SA for her information.