PATIENCE, Frank Nicholas
Service Number: | 7795 |
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Enlisted: | 25 June 1917, Geraldton |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
Born: | Mullewa, Western Australia, 6 March 1898 |
Home Town: | Greenough, Geraldton-Greenough, Western Australia |
Schooling: | Greenough, Western Australia |
Occupation: | Farm Hand |
Died: | Pneumonia, No. 3 New Zealand Hospital, Codford, UK, United Kingdom, Belgium, 27 October 1917, aged 19 years |
Cemetery: |
Codford St. Mary (St. Mary) New Churchyard, Wiltshire, England Grave no. 21, |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Walkaway Greenough Road Board District Roll of Honor, Walkaway Irwin and Greenough and Districts Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
25 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7795, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Geraldton | |
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1 Aug 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7795, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
1 Aug 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7795, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Medic, Sydney | |
27 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7795, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Frank Nicholas PATIENCE was born on 6th March, 1898 at Mullewa, Western Australia
His parents were Joseph John PATIENCE & Elizabeth Jane BARNDEN who married on 18th July, 1883 in St James Church, Greenough, WA
He enlisted in Geraldton, WA on 25th June, 1917 and embarked from Sydney on the 1st August, 1917 with the 16th Infantry Battalion, 26th Reinforcements on the ship HMAT Medic
Frank did not enter the theatre of war due to illness and died of pneumonia at the No. 3 New Zealand Hospital in Codford, England on 27th October, 1917
He is buried in the Codford St Mary New Churchyard, grave 21
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial, the Greenough Roll of Honour in Western Australia & a memorial plaque in the WA Botanical Gardens
Some of his brothers also served in WW1
1. Arthur William (SN1425)
2. Clive (SN1426)
3. Valentine Richard (1427)
all returned to Australia