Frank PLAYFORD

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PLAYFORD, Frank

Service Number:	3747
Enlisted:	3 August 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Hyde Park, South Australia, 10 January 1885
Home Town:	Mitcham, Mitcham, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Teamster/Signals Electrician (S.A.R.)
Died:	Natural causes, Daws Park, South Australia, 6 February 1964, aged 79 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial

3 Aug 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3747, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Adelaide, South Australia
2 Dec 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3747, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Malwa embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
2 Dec 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3747, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), RMS Malwa, Adelaide
11 Apr 1917:	Imprisoned Bullecourt (First)
13 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3747, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Date unknown:	Wounded 3747, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)

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Served in Egypt, France and Belgium. Taken prisoner at Reincourt on April 11, 1917 and interred at Estammlager, Limburg, Germany and Pommern Germany. Offficially declared as Prisoner of war on 6 September 1917 after previously being declared missing in action. Repatriated to Rippon in England on December 12 1918 and returned to Australia aboard the "Zealandic" in August 1919.

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