CLEVELAND, Francis Edward
| Service Number: | 141 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 August 1914, Enlisted at Ranwick, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Rozelle, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Rozelle Superior School, Darling Street, Rozelle, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Motor Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 13 Commemorated in the Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 141, Enlisted at Ranwick, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 141, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 141, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Francis Edward and Matilda Cleveland of Anglo Road, Greenwich, NSW formerly of 11 Justin Street, Leichhardt, NSW.
Brother of Grover Spencer Cleveland of 2 Park Road, St Leonards, NSW who returned to Australia on 25 January 1919 having served with the 1st Battalion and Frederick Simpson Cleveland who was killed in action on 20 September 1917 while serving with the 1st Australian Pioneer Battalion and was buried in the Menin Road South Cemetery Plot 11, Row E, Grave 23. Commemorated in the Field of Mars Cemetery, Ryde, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Served an apprencticeship with Hall Bros & Larke Hoskins