SCARR, Frank Sydney
| Service Number: | 127 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 5th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Camberwell, South London, 29 August 1879 |
| Home Town: | New Norfolk, Derwent Valley, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Romford Board School, England |
| Occupation: | Electrical engineer |
| Died: | Killed In Action, France, 6 May 1917, aged 37 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Sep 1914: | Involvement Sergeant, 127, 3rd Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
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| 22 Sep 1914: | Embarked Sergeant, 127, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne | |
| 6 May 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 5th Field Company Engineers, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 5th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-05-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Lieutenant Scarr served with the 5th Field Coy. Australian Engineers.
He was 37 and the son of David and Mary Ann Scarr; husband of Jane Scarr of 118, Mandeville Rd., Enfield Wash, Middlesex, England. Although CWGC state he was born in Romford, his birth was registered in Camberwell, South London.
He has no known grave and is therefore commemorated on the VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL
Births Sep 1879 Scarr Frank Sidney Camberwell 1d 903
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Served in the British Navy for fifteen years.
Enlistment date
29 August 1914
Rank on enlistment SGTQ
Unit name
3rd Field Company Engineers, Headquarters, Section 1, Section 2 and Section 4
AWM Embarkation Roll number 14/22/1
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 22 September 1914
Regimental number from Nominal Roll
Commissioned Rank from Nominal Roll
Lieutenant Unit: ENG
Promotion date: 24 July 1915
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