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HAWTIN, Frank
Step 1: Personal Details
| 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 |
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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