BILLINGE, Francis Reginald
| Service Number: | 492 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 August 1914, Essendon, Victoria. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Surrey, England, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Flemington, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Tuberculosis, Marrickville, New South Wales, Australia, 31 May 1960 |
| Cemetery: |
Templestowe Cemetery and Memorial Gardens, Victoria |
| Memorials: | New South Wales Garden of Remembrance (Rookwood Necropolis) |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 492, 7th Infantry Battalion, Essendon, Victoria. | |
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| 19 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 492, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 492, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Mrs Josephine Billinge, Emville, Mt Alexander Road, Flemington, Victoria.
In 1939 his wife Ebba Dora Billinge, 42, of Mathoura Road, Toorak, filed for divroce against Francis Reginald Billinge, 47, formerly of Bondi Road and Old South Head Road, Waverley, New South Wales, on the grounds of desertion.
In 1959 he wrote to Army records asking for a replacement for his discharge documents. At that time he was suffering from Tuberculosis and was living at Queen Victoria House, Picton, New South Wales, Australia, which was a home for consumptives.
At the time of his death he was late of Concord, formerly of Leichhardt, New South Wales
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