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CURTIS, Frank
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 714 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Tamborine, Scenic Rim, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 5 April 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Beaudesert War Memorial, Canungra War Memorial, Upper Coomera Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 714, 12th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Jun 1917: | Embarked Private, 714, 12th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Suevic, Melbourne | |
| 5 Apr 1918: | Involvement Private, 714, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 714 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-04-05 |
Personal Stories
Logan Village Museum
Frank's Brother Ernest also served #19379 in the Special Draft 1stto 5th Signal Service Egypt
Submitted 23 April 2018 by Coralyn Cowin
Logan Village Museum
Frank was born 21st February 1891 and died 5th April 1918 at Dermacourt France.
His parents were Edmund Ford and Mary Jane nee Pollock.
Logan Village Museum has Frank listed on their WW1 Honour Roll as his family were Pioneers of Tambourine.
Frank was to marry Bessie Clowes after he returned but alas this never happened.
Submitted 28 February 2018 by Coralyn Cowin
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