Francis Charles Henry (Frank) SLEE

SLEE, Francis Charles Henry

    Service Number: 6330
    Enlisted: 8 March 1916, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
    Born: Melrose, South Australia, 27 January 1898
    Home Town: Melrose, Mount Remarkable, South Australia
    Schooling: Melrose Public School
    Occupation: Farmer
    Died: Died of wounds, France, 11 June 1917, aged 19 years
    Cemetery: Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord
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    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melrose 'In Memory of the Fallen" Great War 1914-18, Melrose Memorial Institute Honour Roll, Melrose RSL Community Room and Story Board, Melrose School Roll of Honour, Melrose War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    8 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6330, Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
    13 Oct 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6330, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
    13 Oct 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6330, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Suffolk, Fremantle
    11 Jun 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6330, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle of Messines

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    Biography contributed by John Edwards

    "...6330 Pte Francis Charles Henry Slee, 16th Battalion. Farm labourer prior to enlisting on 8 March 1916, ...embarked from Fremantle with the 20th Reinforcements on board HMAT Suffolk (A23) on 13 October 1916... arrived in France on 29 December 1916... Pte Francis Slee, aged 19, died on 11 June 1917 of wounds received in action in France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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