FRANKLYN, Alfred Gordon
| Service Number: | 3356 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 59th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia , 1891 |
| Home Town: | Northcote, Darebin, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Leather manufacturer |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 24 March 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Lebucquiere Communal Cemetery Extension, France Plot I, Row B, Grave 1. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3356, 7th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3356, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3356, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne | |
| 26 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Mar 1917: | Involvement 3356, 59th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3356 awm_unit: 59th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Company Sergeant Major awm_died_date: 1917-03-24 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Alfred Gordon Franklyn was the son of Edmond and Edith Galloway Franklyn of Northcote, Victoria.
His younger brother, Lieutenant Cyril Clyde Franklyn 2nd Field Artillery Brigade was later killed in action on 22 August 1917, aged 22.
His father had died in 1907, Franklyn was single when he enlisted with his mother at 192 Clark Street, Northcote listed as next of kin. Before embarking, he married Florence May Harding, his official records later altered to show his wife and "marriage certificate received".
In the few weeks the couple had together, a daughter, also Florence, was conceived and born in 1916, a daughter the father never got to meet. From 1920 his widow and child were living in Cooper Street, Preston.
Alfred Franklyn enlisted in the 7th Battalion but was transferred to the 59th Battalion during the ‘doubling’ of the AIF in early 1916. He fought in and survived the Battle of Fromelles and his rise through the ranks was rapid. He was promoted to Lance Corporal in May 1916, Corporal in July, Sergeant in October and Company Sergeant Major a month later.
According to many witnesses in his Red Cross wounded and missing file he was killed by shell shrapnel near Velu Wood, about eight kilometres east of Bapaume, France.