Frank Edward FOREMAN

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FOREMAN, Frank Edward

Service Number:	6437
Enlisted:	21 January 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Thebarton, South Australia, Australia, 11 January 1889
Home Town:	Thebarton (Southwark), City of West Torrens, South Australia
Schooling:	Currie Street School
Occupation:	Blacksmith's striker
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 10 June 1918, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board

World War 1 Service

21 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
28 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6437, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
28 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6437, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide

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Biography

Frank Foreman's brother, 3334 Pte. George Thomas Raymond Foreman (/explore/people/116980) was killed in action in France on 07 Aug 1916

"6437 Private Frank Edward Foreman, 10th Battalion, later transferred to 27th Battalion, of Thebarton, SA. A blacksmith prior to enlistment he embarked with the 20th Reinforcements from Adelaide aboard HMAT Anchises (A68) on 28 August 1916. Pte Foreman was killed in action 10 June 1918, aged 29. He has no known grave and his name is recorded on the Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France. His two brothers 3839 Pte Cyril William Ernest Foreman and 3334 Pte George Thomas Raymond Foreman were also killed in action." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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