Frank Cowan SHIRRA

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Service Number:	2041
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	Machine Gun Companies and Battalions
Born:	Falkirk, Scotland, 1899
Home Town:	South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling:	Falkirk Public School Scotland UK
Occupation:	Carter
Died:	Natural Causes , North Ogden Utah USA, 20 November 1981
Cemetery:	Ben Lomond Cemetery , North Ogden, Weber County, Utah USA.
Memorials:	East Brisbane Mowbray Town Presbyterian Church Honour Roll

26 Nov 1917:	Involvement Private, 2041, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: SS Indarra embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
26 Nov 1917:	Embarked Private, 2041, Machine Gun Companies and Battalions, SS Indarra, Melbourne

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Frank Cowan Shirra , Step Brother of 762 Sergeant Edwin Thomas Thorsell KIA France 3rd Battle of Morlancourt 09 June 1918. 25th Infantry Battalion.

Their Mother was Agnes Shirra late of Balaclava Street Woollongabba Queensland.

Frank was awarded the British War Medal 1914-1918 and the Victory Medal for service in France 1918-1919. With the 4th Machine Gun Battalion AIF.