ANDERSON, Frank de Winton
Service Number: | 4703 |
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Enlisted: | 23 April 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1 |
Born: | Elliston, South Australia, 22 February 1887 |
Home Town: | Naracoorte, Naracoorte and Lucindale, South Australia |
Schooling: | Elliston Public School, and Muirden College |
Occupation: | Clerk, South Australian Railways |
Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 5 May 1917, aged 30 years |
Cemetery: |
Grevillers British Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 15) |
Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
23 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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15 Jun 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4703, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
15 Jun 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4703, 3rd Australian General Hospital - WW1, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
5 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4703, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4703 awm_unit: 14th Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-05 | |
Date unknown: | Involvement 4703, 14th Field Ambulance |
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Son of Robert Cranston ANDERSON and Harriette Elizabeth Annie nee WASHE
The Register (Adelaide, SA: 1901 - 1929) Tuesday 22 May 1917
LATE PTE. F. DE W. ANDERSON.
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Anderson, of Ardrossan, have been notified by the military authorities that their son, Pte. Frank de W. Anderson, was killed in action in France on May 5. He enlisted early in 1915, and left Australia in June of that year. He was attached to the 3rd Australian General Hospital and served at the base hospital on Lemnos, until the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula. He then obtained a transfer to the Field Ambulance, serving in France, and was acting in the capacity of stretcher-bearer at the time of his death. He was 30 years old. He received his early education at the Elliston Public School, and later at Muirden College. After having been employed for several years by Messrs. Elder, Smith, & Co., he entered the Railway Department, and was, at the time of his enlistment, clerk to the Traffic Superintendent at Petersburg. He has left many friends at Petersburg and throughout the State.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article59141046 (nla.gov.au)
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal