SWAN, Frank Kenneth
| Service Number: | 6354 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 March 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Junee, New South Wales, 3 March 1897 |
| Home Town: | Junee, Junee, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Shop Assistant |
| Died: | Heart attack, Sydney, New South Wales, 7 September 1970, aged 73 years |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Kogarah Pictorial Honour Roll No.1 |
World War 1 Service
| 2 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 9 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6354, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6354, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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As his eldest grand daughter these are my memories of Frank Kenneth SWAN. They may not be correct in all detail as the years have faded some of the exact details. However, the years have not faded the love, respect, gratitude and how much I miss him.
Frank Kenneth SWAN was a Private in the 3rd Infantry Battalion - 13 - 23 Reinformcements Dec 1915 - Nov 1916. He departed for Europe on the HMAT Euripides A14 after joining on 16 March 1916, several days after is 19th birthday. He docked at (place) on (date); thankfully missing Gallipoli.
He was always know to his family and friends as Ken (or Pop to his grand children).
He was wounded when a bullet entered his left leg and lodge in his right thigh. He became a TPI pensioner.
He had been an A Grade tennis player and as this was no longer possible he became a tennis referee. This is where he met my grandmother Gladys Gwendoline BOGGET. Gladys and Ken were married and lived in Bexley. They had two sons, Eric Norton and Kenneth Graham. Eric was not blessed with children and Ken had five daughters of which I am the eldest.
I recall every Anzac Day for as long as I can remember sitting with him in the lounge room of his War Service house at Peakhurst as he watched the Sydney Anzac Day Parade. He watched and waited each year for his mates from the 3rd Battalion. He would never, not once, talk about the horrors of war that he had experienced.
Ken was a very proud father and grandfather, he enjoyed his garden and grew wonderful vegetables, fruit and flowers.
He worked for the Postmaster General's Department (I believe as a mail sorter). On his retirement, one could set a watch by his daily schedule, 7.30am get up and have breakfast, walk up the street to the local shop for the newspaper which was difficult due to his injury. Read the paper, do the crossword. 11am was lunch time after which he played cards (Patience) until dinner time at 5pm. He would then watch the news and maybe Pick A Box then off to bed. - Susan O'Connor (nee Swan)
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