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MCCAWLEY, Frank
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 502 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Liverpool, England, 1879 |
| Home Town: | Denman, Muswellbrook, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Special Memorial, Row C, Grave 50 Headstone inscription reads: Their glory shall not be blotted out, Lone Pine Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 502, 1st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 502, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 502, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 17 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 502, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bayonet wound-slight | |
| 2 Aug 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1st Infantry Battalion, At Gallipoli | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 502, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 502 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-08-06 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his sister Mrs. Croft of 302 Great Home Street, Liverpool, England
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served with the Royal Garrison Artillary and the Boer War