LARG, Frank (Francis Stewart)
| Service Number: | 773 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 August 1914, Kensington, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dundee, Scotland, 9 August 1892 |
| Home Town: | Redfern, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Baker |
| Died: | Natural causes, Rockdale, New South Wales, 6 September 1936, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
Woronora Memorial Park, Sutherland, New South Wales Cremated |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 29 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 773, Kensington, New South Wales | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 773, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 773, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 773, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 2 May 1915: | Wounded Private, 773, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW (penis) | |
| 16 Apr 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 773, 4th Infantry Battalion, Medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"MR. F. S. LARG.
Mr. Francis Stewart Larg, aged 44, who died at his residence in Durham-street, Carlton, on Sunday, was one of the original Anzacs, and as a member of the 4th Battalion, A.I.F., he was wounded on the second day after the landing at Gallipoli. He was a member of the Hurstville Masonic Lodge, Hurstville Royal Arch Chapter, and the Rose of Rockdale Druids' Lodge. For the past six years he had been caretaker and caterer for lodges at the Hurstville Masonic Hall. He was a native of Dundee, Scotland. He has left his wife and a daughter. A service was conducted at the Woronora Crematorium by the Rev. R. M. Leghorn." - from the Sydney Morning Herald 08 Sep 1936 (nla.gov.au)
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