Frank Hobart BLISS

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Service Number:	2773
Enlisted:	26 September 1916, Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	38th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Trentham, Victoria, Australia, 12 October 1889
Home Town:	Trentham, Hepburn, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kyneton War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Trentham District Honour Roll, Trentham War Memorial

26 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2773, 38th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne
16 Dec 1916:	Involvement Private, 2773, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: ''
16 Dec 1916:	Embarked Private, 2773, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Medic, Melbourne
13 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2773, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres
13 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2773, 38th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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Frank Hobart BLISS was born in Trentham, Victoria in 1889

His parents were William BLISS & Rosena ELLIOTT

He enlisted in Melbourne on 26th September, 1916 & embarked with the 38th Infantry Battalion on the ship Medic on 16th December, 1916

Frank was Killed in Action on 13th October, 1917 at Passchendaele, Belgium - no known grave

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Menin Gate Memorial

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His brother Sydney Charles BLISS (SN 950) also served in WW1 & returned to Australia in 1918