PLAYFORD, Frank Elliot
| Service Number: | Captain, Major |
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| Enlisted: | 25 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 43rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Norton Summit, 10 October 1876 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Grassy Flat Primary School Norton Summit, Prince Alfred College |
| Occupation: | Civil Servant |
| Died: | 18 February 1964, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Norton Summit Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Adelaide Attorney General's Department WW1 Honour Board , Adelaide Naval and Military Club of SA Inc WW1 Honour Roll, Norton Summit Public School Roll of Honour, Roseworthy Agricultural College Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Captain, Major | |
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| 9 Jun 1916: | Involvement Captain, 43rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Jun 1916: | Embarked Captain, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide | |
| 17 Oct 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Major | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 43rd Infantry Battalion |
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Elliot Frank Playford was born at Norton Summit on 12 October 1876. He was the son of Thomas Playford and Mary Jane Kinsman, one of 6 boys and 5 girls. During his military career he graduated to Major Elliot Frank Playford OBE. He enlisted in 1916 and served in France and England. He was Camp Commandant of the Westham Camp for the 43rd Battalion. As a civil servant he was a draughtsman with the Registrar General Department in Adelaide and accepted a position as draughtsman in the Lands Department in Northern Territory in Palmerston. He married Ethel Playford and had three children and they lived on Osmond Terrace at Norwood.
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