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BRATCHLEY, Frank Francis
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 5297 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Calstock, Cornwall, England., 1892 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5297, 25th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Itonus embarkation_ship_number: A50 public_note: '' | |
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| 8 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5297, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Itonus, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
[Births Dec 1892 Bratchley Francis Tavistock 5b 322]
Calstock is a civil parish and a large village in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the border with Devon. The village is situated on the River Tamar 6 miles south west of Tavistock and 10 miles north of Plymouth.
Resident Sunnybank, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Enlisted 22 January 1916.
He is one of two Australian casualties of the Great War commemorated on the Calstock War Memorial.
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