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.