Alfred Ernest Lester FRANKLAND

FRANKLAND, Alfred Ernest Lester

Service Number: VX16604
Enlisted: 18 March 1940
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 7 Divisional Postal Unit
Born: Armadale, Vic., 24 June 1910
Home Town: South Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Motor vehicle accident, Qld., Australia, 19 October 1944, aged 34 years
Cemetery: Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld
ANZ 7 77 27, Lutwyche Cemetery, Lutwyche, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sergeant, VX16604
18 Mar 1940: Enlisted Sergeant, VX16604, 7 Divisional Postal Unit

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Algernon Lester Frankland and Jane Edith Frankland, of East St. Kilda, Victoria.

TWO SOLDIERS AND
CIVILIAN KILLED
Two soldiers and a civilian who were killed when a military motor truck plunged into a large gorge on the D'Aguilar Bange on Thursday died from ribs piercing their hearts. They were: Francis Neal Kenny, 38, soldier, of Victoria.
Albert Ernest Lester Frankland, 33, soldier, of Victoria. Arthur Bart Cyril Staples, of Caboolture. They were riding in the back of the truck, and as it plunged down the gorge they were flung out against trees and had many bones 
broken. The driver of the truck escaped with shock. Another soldier who was in the cabin received liverations on the scalp and wrist. 

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