LLOYD, Frank William
| Service Number: | 124 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mundalla, South Australia , 19 July 1896 |
| Home Town: | Swan Reach, Mid Murray, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Kamina State School (Victoria) and Mount Barker Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 4 August 1916, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Courcelette British Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Arthurton Memorial Oval Gates, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mount Barker Soldiers' Memorial Hospital Roll of Honor, Price and District Roll of Honour, Swan Reach War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 124, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 31 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 124, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide |
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Frank William Lloyd was age 18 when he first joined the battalion as private on the 9th of February 1915. H He had no children and no wife. His occupation before joining was a farmer in Punyelroo, River Murray, South Australia. He also had previously served in the senior cadets.
Lloyd embarked for foreign service on 31 May, and after a brief period in Egypt arrived on Gallipoli on 4 September. He remained there for three months, but was evacuated in early December, sufering from jaundice. Lloyd was then taken back to Heliopolis in Egypt and admitted to hospital. The rest of his battalion then evacuated Gallipoli on the 20th of December. He was then discharged to duty in Heliopolis on the 15th of January 1916 and moved to No 1 Aux (1st Auxiliary Hospital) in Cairo, Egypt on the same day. Then, 11 days later on the 26th of January, he was transferred to No 4 Aux (4th Auxiliary hospital) in Abbassia, Egypt due to catching mumps. Lloyd was then discharged on the 14th of February 1916. Later, in Ismailia, Egypt on the 6th of March 1916 he re-joined the battalion.
Soon afterwards, Lloyd and his battalion embarked for the fighting in France.
Then during the battle of Pozieres and the beginning of the battle of Romani, Lloyd was killed in action on the 4th of August 1916, during a night attack. Lloyd was killed in battle as a witness described that he was “killed in an instant”. He stepped over with the men of the A Company. When the enemy counter-attacked them, Lloyd was hit with a shell “almost cutting him into pieces”.
It was at the age of 20 that Lloyd died and was buried in the Courcelette British Cemetery (III. G. 29) in France. His personal inscription on the grave stated, “EVER REMEMBERED YOU’LL BE BY YOUR LOVED ONES ACROSS THE SEA”.
Biography
"THE LATE SIGNALLER F. W. LLOYD.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Lloyd, of Punyelroo, River Murray, have received news that their son, Signaller Frank William Lloyd, was killed in action on August 4 in France. He was 20 years of age, having spent his two last birthdays upon the battlefield. He was born at Mundalla, but was in Kaniva, Victoria, for eight years. He was afterwards engaged in farmimg on Yorke Peninsula. After being in the trenches for thirteen weeks at Gallipoli he was sent back to Egypt three days before the evacuation, and after being in hospital at Cairo for some time he sailed for France. He was a first class horseman and a good athlete. His cousin, Signaller C. J. Beauchamp, was stationed within a few miles of him, but so far as is known they did not meet. The sad news of both being killed in action was received by their parents on the same day. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd have another son, Albert, serving with the colors." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 30 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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