SCHRYVER, Frank Esdale
| Service Numbers: | 1261, W243654 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Stationary Hospital (AIF) |
| Born: | Perth, WA, 31 October 1888 |
| Home Town: | Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Painter |
| Died: | 3 February 1965, aged 76 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Crematorium Rose Gardens Garden 20B 0064 |
| Memorials: | North Perth Congretational Church HR |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 1261, 2nd Stationary Hospital (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 1261, 2nd Stationary Hospital (AIF), HMAT Kyarra, Fremantle |
World War 2 Service
| 21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted W243654 | |
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| 21 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, W243654 |
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First West Australian Athlete sent to the Olympic Games.
Competed in the 1912 Olympics at Stockholm - finished 4th in his heat of the 200 metres breaststroke
Distinguished Conduct Medal
'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in charge of a bearer subdivision. He tended the many wounded without adequate protection from early dawn till dusk, under heavy shell fire. When a shell struck a cupola in whjch he was sheltering, killing one man and wounding and burying five others, though badly shaken, he, unaided, under incessant shelling, succeeded in digging out these five men, and after tending their wounds obtained stretcher squads for their evacuation.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 110
Date: 25 July 1918
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