Francis Joseph (Frank) MCILVEEN

MCILVEEN, Francis Joseph

    Service Number: 5930
    Enlisted: 1 May 1916, Sydney, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 19th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Inverell, New South Wales, Australia, 6 April 1872
    Home Town: Croydon, Ashfield, New South Wales
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Bee farmer
    Died: Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917, aged 45 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Inverell & District Memorial Olympic Pool WW1 Honour Roll, Inverell War Memorial, Tingha Loyal Elsmore Lodge No 341 New England District M.U. I.O.O.F. Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    1 May 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5930, Sydney, New South Wales
    7 Oct 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5930, 19th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    7 Oct 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5930, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney
    3 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5930, 19th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)

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    Biography contributed by Graeme McIlveen

    Frank McIlveen, 19th Btn, Missing in Action (later declared Killed in Action after an inquiry), Bullecourt, France, 3rd May 1917.

    School teacher, Tanja, NSW, then bee farmer, Elsmore, NSW; wife Edith and children Keith, Ruth, Margery and Gordon.

    Original of photo iof FJM in uniform held by grandson Graeme McIlveen, Coolangatta, QLD (son of Gordon Mc.).

    Graeme has visited the battlefield and left a memento on the Australian Memorial at Bullecourt.

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