Frank William ARCHER

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Service Number:	1093
Enlisted:	1 September 1914, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	3rd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wellingborough, Northants, England, United Kingdom, 1888
Home Town:	Stockinbingal, Cootamundra, New South Wales
Schooling:	Kettering, Northants, England
Occupation:	Platelayer
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 22 July 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

1 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1093, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1093, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney

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He was 29 and the son of William & Elizabeth Woolstan Archer.

Births Dec 1888 ARCHER Frank William Wellingbro' 3b 149.

He is one of 10 Australian casualties of the Great War honoured on the Kettering War Memorial.

Arrived in Australia aged 26 years

3 Battalion

Rank - Private

5 April 1915 - Embarked HT Derflinger at Alexandria for M.E.F

29 December 1915 - Diembarked from HT Simla at Alexandria

22 March 1916 - Embarked for B.E.F at Alexandria

28 March 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles

8 April 1916 - Charged with being drunk while on active service in the town of Moolenacher. Fined 7 days full pay

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

Son of William and Elizabeth Woolstan Archer of Wellingborough, England. Brother of Frederick Archer of Commercial Street Aberdare, Wales, England