MASON, Frank
| Service Number: | 975 |
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| Enlisted: | 30 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Remount Unit (AIF) |
| Born: | Cannington, Western Australia, 1872 |
| Home Town: | Cannington, Canning, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Contractor |
| Died: | Cannington, Western Australia, 25 September 1954, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Anglican LD 0692 |
| Memorials: | Canning Honor Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 30 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 975, Australian Remount Unit (India and Egypt) | |
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| 12 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 975, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 975, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), HMAT Orsova, Melbourne | |
| 27 Jun 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 975, 1st Remount Unit (AIF), embarked Suez for Fremantle per HT Port Sydney | |
| 22 Feb 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 975, 1st Remount Unit (AIF) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Husband of Lucy MASON of Short Street, Cannington, WA
Death of Mr. Frank Ernest Hamblin Mason
Death occurred on September 25 of Mr. Frank E.H. Mason of Liege Street, Cannington at the age of 83 years. He was formerly in the 1st A.I.F. Funeral took place in the Church of England portion of the Karrakatta Cemetery on September 27.
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Frank Mason (Service No:975) enlisted in the AIF on 30 September 1915 and served with 1st Remount Unit in Egypt. Private Mason was Discharged as Medically Unfit (acute rheumatism) on 22 February 1917.
Frank Ernest Hamblin Mason was born in 1872 in Canning WA, youngest child of Benjamin (Ben) Mason (b1828 in Devon, England) and Eliza Ellen Hamblin (b1828 in Berkshire, England). Ben arrived in King George Sound in 1837 on board the Isabella with his parents and siblings - his father was Colour Sergeant with 63rd Regiment. Eliza arrived in the Swan River Colony in 1848 on board the Ranee and was working as a Mistress at Perth Girls' School when she and Ben married in 1852. The couple lived in Perth where Ben was a General Dealer and Hardware Merchant, and Perth Councillor (1859 to 1866). Ben had started work as a Carpenter's Apprentice, and is recognised as a pioneer of the WA timber industry, opening Timber Mills and exporting timber overseas from his Canning Mill. Ben later was a Civil Servant with the Public Works Department.
Frank was a Farmer (orchard and dairy) at Cannington, and also worked as a Contractor (doing ploughing, carting, fencing and pruning in the district). He was a Councillor on the Canning Roads Board and Queens Park Municipal Council, and a member of the Canning Agricultural Society and the Canning Turf Club (in 1892, his horse 'Sooner' raced in the Maiden Plate). In 1894 in Canning, Frank married Lucy Waldron (b1879 in New Zealand), and the couple settled in Canning where they raised their family and Frank worked as a Farmer and Contractor. Following his Discharge, Frank also worked for Boans and for the Post Master General's Department in the Mail Room and as a Cleaner. Lucy died in 1942 and Frank in 1954.
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