RIGBY, Frank
| Service Number: | 730 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 January 1915, An original of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Telangatuk East, Victoria, Australia, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Balmoral, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Sawmiller |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Kowree Shire Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 730, 21st Infantry Battalion, An original of C Company | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 730, 24th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 730, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His brother Lieutenant John (Jack) Samuel Thomson Rigby MM, 6th Trench Mortar Battery, was killed in action the same day 4 October 1917. Frank and Jack were the sons of Thomas and Martha Rigby, and were natives of Telangatuk East and Coleraine, Victoria respectively. The brothers have no known grave, and are commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, Ypres. Their father wrote to the army in 1919 requesting that his two sons be buried alongside each other. Despite the best efforts of the army, who had agreed in writing to his request, as soon as the remains were found, neither of the brothers bodies were located and they remain missing until this day.
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