KEVILL, Frank
| Service Number: | 2932 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 March 1916, Bathurst, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Bredbo, Cooma, New South Wales, 14 May 1895 |
| Home Town: | Nymagee, Cobar, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand/Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Wambeke, Ypres, Belgium, 18 August 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Bathurst, New South Wales | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2932, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2932, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), SS Port Nicholson, Sydney | |
| 18 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2932, 45th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Third Ypres |
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Born Frank Kivelle at Cooma in 1895, Frank had a brother George (who died at birth), a sister Clara, and a step-sister Mary Ellen (Molly). His mother died when he was 7 years old.
Frank was working as a farm labourer at Eremeran Station, via Nymagee in far western N.S.W., before he enlisted at Bathurst N.S.W., on 06 Mar 1916. He spent time at training camps at Kiama and Liverpool before finally departing Australia on the SS Port Nicholson on 08 Nov 1916, travelling via Durban, South Africa, before disembarking at Devonport in the UK on 10 Jan 1917.
Frank spent a considerable time at Codford training camp in the U.K., before shipping over to LeHavre in France around 23 Jul 1917. He was finally taken on strength 45 Batt., on the 09 Aug before moving forward to a relatively quiet sector of the front around Ypres/Wambeke on 14/15 Aug where he was subsequently killed on 18 Aug 1917. The 45th Batt. Unit Diary for this period lists 5 O/R's killed during the period of 07 - 23 Aug 1917.
Frank's name is listed on the Ypres memorial at the Menin Gate, with no official war grave listed for him, which indicates his body was never recovered from the battlefield.
A memorial stone for Frank Kevill is presently being erected at the Cobar Shire cenotaph (along with others who enlisted from within the Cobar Shire). Unveiling is expected to take place as part of WW1 centennial activities.
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