TAVENDER, Frank David
| Service Number: | 5729 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 June 1916, Adelaide South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Boy, 1st Class |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Sydney (I) - WW1 |
| Born: | Angaston, South Australia, Australia , 27 April 1901 |
| Home Town: | Angaston, Barossa, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sailor |
| Died: | Accidental (Fall - Fractured Skull), Scapa Flow, Scotland, United Kingdom, 26 January 1918, aged 16 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom B 75 |
| Memorials: | Angaston Methodist Church & Sunday School WW1 Honour Board, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crib Point RAN WW1 Roll of Honour (Panel 2) |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jun 1916: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Boy, 1st Class, 5729, HMAS Sydney (I) - WW1 | |
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| 27 Jun 1916: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Adelaide South Australia |
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Frank David TAVENDER was born on 27th April, 1901 in Angaston, South Australia
His parents were David George TAVENDER & Fanny HYNE
His brother Richard Rogers Hyne TAVENDER (SN2989) also lost his life in WW1 - killed in action on 2nd April, 1917
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
Died on this date – 26th January…… Frank David Tavender was born on 27th April, 1901 in Angaston, South Australia to parents David George & Fanny Tavender (nee Hyne).
He joined the Royal Australian Navy on 27th June, 1916, aged 15. He was issued an Official number of 5729 & joined Tingira on 27th June, 1916 as Boy 2nd Class.
(H.M.A.S. Tingira (an aboriginal word for "open sea”) was a training ship commissioned into the Royal Australian Navy.)
Boy 2nd Class Frank David Tavender was rated Boy 1st Class on 13th July, 1917 while serving in Tingira.
On 8th August, 1917 until 4th October, 1917 Boy 1st Class Frank David Tavender was transferred to London Depot.
He was transferred to H.M.A.S. Sydney from 5th October, 1917.
Boy 1st Class Frank David Tavender died on 26th January, 1918 on Hospital Ship Soudan. He died from a head injury, aged 16 years 8 months, while his ship was on service at Scapa Flow, Scotland. The Register of Reports of Deaths (July, 1917 – July, 1919) recorded his cause of death due to “fractured base of Skull.”
He was buried in Lyness Royal Naval Cemetery, Hoy, Orkney Islands, Scotland – Plot number B. 75 and now has a Private Headstone. His death is still acknowledged by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Frank David Tavender is listed on the Australian War Memorial’s “First World War Boy Soldiers” list.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/lyness.html
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