CHAMBERLAIN, Frank
| Service Number: | 5068 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wahroonga, NSW, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Wahroonga, Ku-ring-gai, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Warawee Public School |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Illness (Cerebrospinal meningitis), England, United Kingdom, 3 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Tidworth Military Cemetery, England C 171, Tidworth Military Cemetery, Tidworth, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wahroonga St Andrew's Anglican Church WW1 Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 5068, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Makarini embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 5068, 4th Infantry Battalion, SS Makarini, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Frank Chamberlain was born in Wahroonga, son of Florence Chamberlain of Kintore Street and the late Francis George Baron Chamberlain. He was at the time of enlistment, a Butcher's Apprentice, educated at Warrawee Public School. His father's headstone on his grave in the cemetery of St. John's Anglican Church, Gordon, bears tribute to his son "also to his son, Pte. Frank Chamberlain died at Tidworth Military Hospital England 3rd July 1916 18 years – Greater love hath no man than to lay down his life for his friends, Amen".
On the Wahroonga War Memorial, he is shown as having enlisted in 1915. His name also appears on several honour rolls Warrawee Public School, that in Turramurra Park, as well as those in St. Andrews Anglican Church Wahroonga, and St. James Anglican Church Turramurra.