POMERY, Frank Radford
| Service Number: | 714 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 October 1914, Kaniva, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 60th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bunyip, Victoria, 18 March 1893 |
| Home Town: | Serviceton, West Wimmera, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Sandmere Public School |
| Occupation: | Farm labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 26 September 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kaniva District Pictorial Honour Roll, Kaniva Serviceton Roll of Honor, Kaniva Shire of Lawloit Great War Roll of Sacrifice, Kaniva Shire of Lawloit WW1 Roll of Honor, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Oct 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Kaniva, Victoria | |
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| 12 Feb 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 714, 8th Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' |
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| 12 Feb 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 714, 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne | |
| 2 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 714, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 26 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 714, 60th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 714 awm_unit: 60th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-09-26 |
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Frank Radford Pomery was born and educated at Bunyip, via Kaniva, Victoria, and moved to Servicetown, Victoria when still a young boy.
Frank worked for his parents, helping to get the newly selected block into production. Later he worked around the Serviceton and Wolseley districts. He was a strongly built and powerful man..
Frank enlisted in the First A.I.f. Being one of the first to do so in the district, and fought through Gallipoli and at Somme. He was wounded in the memorable fight at Lonesome Pine and suffered from "trench feet" on the Somme. From here Frank was taken to England and, on recovery, was sent back to Flanders where he was killed.
Frank was a much spoken about young man by all who knew him, liked and loved by all.
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