Frank HAWTIN

HAWTIN, Frank

    Service Number: 1026
    Enlisted: 13 November 1915
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
    Born: Birmingham England, February 1876
    Home Town: Perth, Western Australia
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Fitter
    Died: Died of wounds from shell fire, Messines, Belgium, 1 June 1917
    Cemetery: La Clytte Military Cemetery
    La Clytte Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 33), Reninghelst, Belgium, La Clytte Military Cemetery, De Klijte, Flanders, Belgium
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    13 Nov 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 1026, Mining Corps
    20 Feb 1916: Involvement Sapper, 1026, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    20 Feb 1916: Involvement Sapper, 1026, Mining Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
    20 Feb 1916: Embarked Sapper, 1026, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
    20 Feb 1916: Embarked Sapper, 1026, Mining Corps, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney
    12 Nov 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Second Corporal, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
    6 May 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, Australian Electrical and Mechanical Mining and Boring Company
    1 Jun 1917: Involvement Corporal, 1026, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1026 awm_unit: Australian Electrical Mechanical Mining and Boring Company awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-01

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    Biography contributed by Evan Evans

    From Ian Fletcher, Australia and NZ in WWI Facebook Group

    Corporal Frank Hawtin was awarded the Italian Bronze Medal for Military Valour by the King of Italy during the lead up to the Battle of Messines near the village of Voormazeele Frank was attending to some exposed power cables when he was badly wounded by shellfire, he later died of his wounds and now rests in La Clytte Military Cemetery in Reninghelst, Belgium.

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