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CLAXTON, Frank Denton
| Service Number: | 2709 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 4 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance |
| Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia, 28 August 1884 |
| Home Town: | Glenelg, Holdfast Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Illness, North Adelaide Hospital North Adelaide, 14 September 1940, aged 56 years |
| Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 3N, Site No: 15 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Grand Masonic Lodge WW1 Honour Board (2), Ceduna Merghiny Maltee & Waranda Pictorial Roll of Honor, Ceduna Murat Bay and District WW1 Honor Roll, Glenelg and District WW1 & WW2 Honour Board, St Peters - St Peter's College Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 4 Jan 1915: | Enlisted | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 2709 | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 2709, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked 2709, 4th Light Horse Field Ambulance |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Frank Denton Claxton was born to agriculture worker, William David Hambridge and Augusta Vivian Moyle on August 28th in 1884 on Arthur Street, located in North Adelaide. His previous occupation before enlisting was a farmer working in the agriculture industry.
Frank enlisted 4th of January in 1915 at the age of thirty years and four months. On the 23rd of June 1915, Frank boarded the HMAT Borda for Egypt. He was taken on strength with the 15th Field Ambulance 23rd March 1916. May 6th he was promoted to Segeant Steward and the following month proceeded to France arriving in Marseilles 28th June 1916 where he served for the remainder of the war
Frank returned home to Australia in 1919 on the 10th April 1919. He disembarked in Adelaide 13th May 1919 and was discharged 13th July 1919.
On the 23rd of April 1921, Frank married to Madge Lai-Lai of Cadell in Brougham Place Congregational Church of North Adelaide, leading to the births of his two daughters: Rhodanthe Grace and Lindsay Grahame Claxton. Nineteen years after his marriage, on the 14th of September in 1940, he fell ill and was transported to North Adelaide Hospital where he died aged fifty-six. He was buried a day later on the 15th of September in West Terrace Cemetery.
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