Frank FLOWERS

FLOWERS, Frank

    Service Numbers: 3512, 3512A
    Enlisted: 12 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 60th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Heathcote, Victoria, Australia, 1886
    Home Town: Heathcote, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Baker
    Died: Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, V.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    12 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3512, Depot Battalion (AIF), Melbourne, Victoria
    29 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3512, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
    26 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 21st Infantry Battalion
    5 Mar 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Private, 60th Infantry Battalion, Reverts to Private from Acting Cpl
    14 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3512A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- Hospital -- Sick -- Tel El Kebir, Egypt
    15 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3512A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- 15th Australian Field Ambulance -- Influenza -- Tel El Kebir, Egypt
    20 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3512A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- No. 2 Australian Stationary Hospital -- Influenza -- Tel El Kebir, Egypt
    27 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3512A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- No. 2 Australian Hospital Train -- Tel El Kebir, Egypt
    27 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3512A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- No. 3 Australian General Hospital -- P.U.O -- Abbassia, Egypt
    3 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3512A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- No. 3 Australian Auxiliary Hospital -- Diarrhoea -- Heliopolis, Egypt
    14 May 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3512A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Discharged to Duty -- Rejoined Battalion -- ex 6th Training Battalion
    18 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3512A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Kinfauns Castle"
    29 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3512A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3512A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3512A, 60th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3512A awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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    Biography contributed by Simon FLOWERS

    Private Frank Flowers 1886 – 1917. A baker from Heathcote who enlisted in World War I was killed climbing out of the trench at Fromelles on his first day of action widowing his wife Margaret Moffatt and their children Ellen (Nell) Catherine, Frank John and George Pavier.

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