UPTON, Francis Walter Phillip
| Service Number: | 3276 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 October 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 14 July 1893 |
| Home Town: | Collingwood Heights, Albany, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | St Patrick's Catholic School, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Braybrook, Victoria, Australia, 28 June 1965, aged 71 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic U, Grave 12464. Interred on 30 June 1965 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3276, 23rd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 26 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 3276, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 3276, 23rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Francis Walter Patrick Upton and Elizabeth Upton nee McAlpine of Ballarat Street, Collingwood, Victoria
20 October 1916 - enlisted at Seymour, Victory with the 23rd Battalion with the rank of Private.
15 March 1916 - transferred to the 60th Battalion
19 July 1916 - wounded in action. Embarked HS St. David on 21 July 1916 for England with wound to the leg
7 July 1917 - transferred to the 1st Field Bakery
19 April 1919 - commenced return to Australia abord HT Sardinia disembarking on 8 June 1919
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
6 September 1919 - discharged at the 3rd Military District as medically unfit.
During 1923c Francis married Blanch Irene Donaldson in Victoria.
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