Frank Everest FOERS

FOERS, Frank Everest

    Service Number: 1336
    Enlisted: 29 October 1914, Melbourne, Vic.
    Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
    Last Unit: 7th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Chewton, Victoria, Australia, 1888
    Home Town: Preston, Darebin, Victoria
    Schooling: Chewton State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Electrician
    Died: Killed In Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917
    Cemetery: Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres
    Plot I, Row G, Grave 47 Headstone Inscription "HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE"
    Memorials: Boort State School No 1796 Roll of Honor WW1
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    World War 1 Service

    29 Oct 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1336, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    1 Feb 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 7th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic.
    2 Feb 1915: Involvement Corporal, 1336, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: ''
    2 Feb 1915: Embarked Corporal, 1336, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Melbourne
    1 Apr 1915: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 7th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
    25 Apr 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1336, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    8 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1336, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Krithia
    8 Aug 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1336, 7th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, GSW left leg sustained at Lone Pine. Evacuated to Egypt.
    4 May 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1336, 7th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second)
    13 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Company Sergeant Major, 7th Infantry Battalion, France
    28 Jul 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion, France
    20 Sep 1917: Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    Son of Walter Lancaster Foers, of The Police Station, 142, Bell St., Preston, Victoria, Australia, and the late Margaret Nand Foers. Born at Chewton, Victoria.

    Biography contributed by Robert Wight

    Enklisted abd served under alias Frank Everest

    Frank Everest Foers is also remembered on the Chewton School Honour Roll, Vic.

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