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WELBURN, Frank
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4904 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 October 1915, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Broken Hill, Broken Hill Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Alma Public School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 16 August 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Broken Hill Barrier District No 12 M.U.I.O.O.F. Great War Roll of Honor, Broken Hill Barrier District Roll of Honour, Broken Hill War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 22 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4904, Adelaide, South Australia | |
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| 9 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4904, 10th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4904, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide | |
| 16 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 4904, 50th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 4904 awm_unit: 50 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16 |
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"THE LATE PRIVATE FRANK. WELBURN.
News has been received that Private Frank Welburn, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Welburn, was killed in action in France on August 16. He was 25 years of age, and left here on March 9. He was bom at South Broken Hill, and educated at the Alma public school." - from the Adelaide Chronicle 18 Nov 1916 (nla.gov.au)
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