Francis Henry WADE

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Service Number:	13
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Menindie, New South Wales, Australia, 1883
Home Town:	Wooroloo, Mundaring, Western Australia
Schooling:	Fremantle State School, Western Australia
Occupation:	Bookkeeper
Died:	Liver cancer, Illness, At sea (HMAT Suevic A29), 29 October 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Buried at sea while returning to Australia, Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt, Coburg General Cemetery, Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chatby Memorial, Alexandria, Egypt, Mundaring War Memorial, Wooroloo Rifle Club WW1 Roll of Honor Board 1

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 13, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 13, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 13, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney
20 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 13, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Shrapnel wound to the left shoulder. Invalided to England and then embarked on HS Suevic for return to Australia but died enroute

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Son of Caroline Wade of Wooroloo, WA

Next of kin given as his brother Charles Wade of Wooroloo, WA

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal