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SKYRING, Frank Herbert (Hubert)
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 7302 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 October 1916, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 16 April 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Natural causes, Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 31 January 1981, aged 88 years |
| Cemetery: |
Bundaberg General Cemetery, Queensland |
| Memorials: | Bundaberg Christ Church Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 7 Oct 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7302, 8th Infantry Battalion, Bundaberg, Queensland | |
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| 19 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7302, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7302, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 1 Sep 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Wounded Broodseinde Ridge, GSW - forearm | |
| 15 May 1918: | Wounded Merris (France), 2nd occasion - GSW - thigh | |
| 13 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 7302, 23rd Infantry Battalion |
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"...7302 Private Frank Herbert Skyring... Frank served initiallly with the 23rd Battalion, later with the 8th Battalion. He was amongst 1,752 others who survived when the troopship Ballarat was torpedoed and sunk off The Lizard on the 25 April 1917. He was wounded twice during his service and returned to Australia in 1919." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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