CARTWRIGHT, Frank
| Service Number: | 273 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, Roma, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Grantham, England, 12 April 1894 |
| Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Sedgeworth Grammar School, Grantham, England |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Illness, Egypt, 18 April 1915, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery B 210 |
| Tree Plaque: |
Roma Heroes Avenue
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| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Town of Roma and Shire of Bungil WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Squadron Quartermaster Sergeant, 273, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Roma, Qld. | |
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| 24 Sep 1914: | Involvement 273, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Sep 1914: | Embarked 273, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane | |
| 18 Apr 1915: | Involvement 273, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 273 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Squadron Quartermaster awm_died_date: 1915-04-18 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
FRANK CARTWRIGHT was born on 12th April, 1894, at Carlton Ashes, near Grantham, England, the son of William and Annie E. Cartwright, of Grantham. He was educated at the Sedgeworth Grammar School, Grantham.
Frank Cartwright came out to Australia and entered the service of the Bank at Gympie, Queensland, on 19th September, 1911. He was transferred to Roma as ledger-keeper on 9th August, 1914.
Before the war began he had joined the Darling Downs Light Horse Regiment, and held the rank of regimental quartermaster sergeant. Enlisting on 25th August, 1914, Frank Cartwright was appointed squadron quartermaster sergeant in the 2nd Light Horse Regiment, A.I.F., and left Australia for Egypt with the 1 st Division. He died of pneumonia in the hospital at Heliopolis, near Cairo, on 18th April, 1915.
Source Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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