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DESMOND, Frank
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3884 |
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| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Walkaway, Western Australia, 23 September 1897 |
| Home Town: | Geraldton, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 July 1917, aged 19 years |
| Cemetery: |
Strand Military Cemetery, Ploegsteert, Wallonie, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geraldton District Great War Honour Roll, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial |
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World War 1 Service
| 22 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3884, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3884, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ajana, Fremantle | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3884, Gunshot Wound to the Face Piece of metal removed 21st September Still hospitalised 23rd September and watched a flaming zeppelin fall from the sky. |
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