Frank Leslie SEXTON

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SEXTON, Frank Leslie

Service Number:	3754
Enlisted:	3 November 1915, Perth, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Guildford, Western Australia, 2 May 1894
Home Town:	Bunbury, Bunbury, Western Australia
Schooling:	Christian Brothers College, Perth, , Western Australia
Occupation:	Shipping clerk/Manager
Died:	Died of wounds, Bapaume, France, 2 April 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Bapaume Australian Cemetery Grave reference : A39,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gosnells Road Board HR, Gosnells War Memorial, Gosnells Ward Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

3 Nov 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3754, 28th Infantry Battalion, Perth, Western Australia
12 Feb 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3754, 28th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
12 Feb 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3754, 28th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
2 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3754, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3754 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-02
2 Apr 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3754, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, GSW - skull (fatal)

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Biography

Frank Leslie Sexton died at a battle near Pozières, France on 02 Apr 1917.

He had been seriously wounded in the neck and stomach. By the time help arrived, he directed the stretcher-bearer to attend the other wounded men that may be saved, and just to leave him with one last cigarette. When the stretcher bearer returned Frank had died.

This information was told to Frank's mother (Emily Sexton), and his sister (Ivy Sexton), during a visit they received from the very same stretcher-bearer after he had returned from the war. This story has been part of our family history passed down over the generations. - Linda Rogalasky

***After further research and enquiry I now believe Frank Sexton died at (or near) the outpost village of NOREUIL during the German retreat along The Hindenburg Line.

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