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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, South Australian Garden of Remembrance |
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.