DOLLING, Francis Patrick
| Service Number: | 5008 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 May 1916, Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Waverley, Sydney, NSW, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Waverley, Waverley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Unknown |
| Occupation: | Carter |
| Died: | Illness, Hornsby, New South Wales, 7 March 1951 |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Cremation - ashes sent to funeral director T J Andrews |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 3 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5008, 20th Infantry Battalion, Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 5 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5008, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ajana embarkation_ship_number: A31 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jul 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, 5008, 20th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ajana, Sydney 13th reinforcements | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5008, 20th Infantry Battalion, Gun shot wounds, contusions to left shoulder | |
| 20 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 5008, 20th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Francis Patrick (Frank) DOLLING was born in 1879 in Waverley, Sydney, NSW
His parents were John DOLLING and Catherine Frances DOOLAN who married in 1860 in Western Australia
Frank married Harriet Matilda HALL on 8th October, 1902 in Sydney and had one daughter Doris Mildred born 1903 - Harriet died in 1971.
Frank also had two daughters to Ethel May WILLIAMS, Joan Patricia & Gwen.
He joined up to serve in WW1 on 2nd February, 1916 and enlisted in Liverpool, NSW on 3rd May, 1916 - he embarked with the 20th Infantry Battalion, 13th Reinforcements on the ship HMAT Ajana on the 5th July, 1916 & joined the 20th Battalion in the field on 16th November, 1916
He was wounded in action on 9th October, 1917 and sent to 4th London General Hospital on 16th October, 1917 with shell contusions & gun shot wounds to his left shoulder
On 11th December, 1918 he was invalided back to Australia on the ship HT Saxon suffering from Effort Syndrome (Shell shock) & was discharged on 20th April, 1919. He was awarded the British War Medal & the Victory Medal.
Frank died on the 7th March, 1951 in Hornsby, NSW
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