KIRKUP, Frank Edgar
| Service Number: | 1957 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Bombardier |
| Last Unit: | 4th Divisional Ammunition Column |
| Born: | England, United Kingdom, 1876 |
| Home Town: | Lisdillon, Glamorgan/Spring Bay, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Fisherman |
| Died: | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1932, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Plot: AB - Anglican FM B, Position 1131 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column | |
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| 8 Jul 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1957, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, GSW left leg. | |
| 5 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 1957, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 1957, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Afric, Melbourne | |
| 13 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Bombardier, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column | |
| 6 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Bombardier, 1957, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Frank Edgar Kirkup was born in 1876, a son to James Kirkup and Charlotte Kirkup. He was in Queensland when he enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and noted his N.O.K. as his brother F. Kirkup, Strahan, Tasmania. On his return from the South African (Boer) War he returned to Hobart, Tasmania, where on 1 Mar 1905 he married Lylia Kate Drake and they had 1 child.
He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 135 in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private (rising to Bombardier) S.N. 1957 in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment transfering to 4th Division Ammunition Column AIF, WW1.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 496; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).