Frank Roydon SWIFTE

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Service Number:	114
Enlisted:	3 January 1916
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	3rd Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia, 4 December 1882
Home Town:	King Island, Tasmania
Occupation:	Farm Manager
Died:	Albert Park, Victoria, Australia, 10 August 1968, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Memorial ID 244473314
Memorials:	Currie King Island Great War Honour Roll

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3 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 114, 9th Machine Gun Company
1 May 1916:	Involvement Private, 114, 9th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: ''
1 May 1916:	Embarked Private, 114, 9th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Benalla, Sydney
19 Oct 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 3rd Pioneer Battalion
28 Aug 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 114, 3rd Pioneer Battalion, From England to Australia, arrived on 23 September 1919.
29 Dec 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 114, 3rd Pioneer Battalion

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