Frank Albert LAWS

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Service Number:	1153
Enlisted:	21 September 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Suffolk, England, 1895
Home Town:	Leederville, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling:	Council School, Beecles, England
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 2 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 34, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

21 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1153, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 1153, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 1153, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne

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Son of Frederick and Charlotte Laws of Beccles, England

Next of kin given as his brother Alfred Laws of 63 Woolwich Street, West Leederville, WA later of 158 Central Street, Maylands, WA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the Territorials for 2 years