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WIFFEN, Frank Edwin
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2203 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 April 1915, Melbourne, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Drysdale, Victoria, Australia, December 1894 |
| Home Town: | Drysdale, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 12 February 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Plot V, Row A, Grave 30, Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Drysdale Methodist Church Honor Roll, Drysdale State School No 1645 Honor Roll, Drysdale War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 21 Apr 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2203, 8th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Vic. | |
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| 17 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2203, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2203, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2203, 8th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli | |
| 4 Sep 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Belgium | |
| 10 Feb 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2203, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, Compound fractures to both legs, loss of both feet sustained in the trenches at Flers. Transferred to CCS however died of wounds 12 February 1917. | |
| 12 Feb 1917: | Involvement Private, 2203, 2nd Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2203 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-02-12 |
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Compound fractures to both legs, loss of both feet sustained in the trenches at Flers. Transferred to 56th CCS (Edgehill, Dernancourt) however died of wounds 12 February 1917.