FRANKISH, Edwin Thomas
| Service Number: | 1834 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 March 1916, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 42nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Pennant Hills West Public School, Castle Hill Public School |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 31 July 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 42nd Infantry Battalion AIF Roll of Honour, Castle Hill Public School Roll of Honour, Ettrick WWI Honor Roll, Norwest Mitchell Remembers Roll of Honour, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1834, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 1834, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boorara embarkation_ship_number: A42 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 1834, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boorara, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Thomas Ogram and Harriet Ann FRANKISH, Pennant Hills, New South Wales.
The latest Queensland casualty-list contains the tidings that Private Edwin Thos. Frankish, of Pennant Hills, who enlisted in that State, and who was previously reported wounded and missing on Sept. 20, 1917, is now reported killed in action. He sailed from Brisbane on August 13, 1916.
FRANKISH.—Killed in action, in France, Private Edwin Thomas Frankish, aged 23 years (previously reported wounded and missing), youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Frankish, of West Pennant Hills.
Responsive to his country's call,
He gave for her his life, his all.
Inserted by his loving father and mother, brothers and sisters.
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