MAGGS, Frank Godfrey
| Service Number: | 1234 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 February 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Gisborne, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Gisborne, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Gisborne School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gisborne St. Paul's Anglican Church Great War Roll of Honour, Gisborne War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1234, 38th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Jun 1916: | Involvement Private, 1234, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Jun 1916: | Embarked Private, 1234, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Involvement Private, 1234, 38th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Brother George Leslie Maggs also killed in action
Biography contributed by Ross Martin
Frank Godfrey MAGGS was bor in Gisborne, Vic in 1897 and was working as a carpenter when he, and his brother George enlisted on 2/2/1916.
His NOK was his parents, William and Sarah Maggs.
He left Australia on 20/6/1916 aboard the HMAT Runic as part of the 38th Battalion.
This battalion had been formed on 1/3/1916 at Bendigo and after training at the Epsom Racecourse left Australia on 20/6/1916 and proceeded to the UK via Cape Town and the Cape Verdi Islands.England was reached on 10/8/1916. The battalion disembarked at Plymouth and were taken the Lark Hill Camp on Salisbury Plains.
The battalion crossed to France on 22/11/1916 and then were moved to Bailleuli, northern France.
They first went into the front lines on 1/12/1916 in the Houplines area.
By May 1917 they were engaged in the Ypres area and on 2/6/1917 entered the Battle of Messines.
During this battle, on 7/6/1917 Frank was killed in action. His body was not identified and he is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial at Ypres.