ROADKNIGHT, Frank
| Service Number: | VX44997 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 July 1940, Caulfield, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment |
| Born: | Geelong, Victoria, Australia, 23 March 1920 |
| Home Town: | Newtown, Greater Geelong, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Gordon Wool School, Geelong College |
| Occupation: | Textile Worker |
| Died: | Illness (Dysentry), Burma, 2 October 1943, aged 23 years |
| Cemetery: |
Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) A9 C 1 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, VX44997, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment | |
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| 10 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, VX44997, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Caulfield, Vic. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Frank Cyril and Mattie Chalmers Roadknight, of Newtown, Victoria, Australia.
ABIDE WITH ME
News has been received that Sergeant Frank Roadknight, AIF, taken prisoner in Malaya in 1941, has died in a Jap prison camp at Phia (Siam). An old Geelong Collegian and student of the 'Gordon Wool' School, Sergeant Roadknight was an active member of the Barwon Rowing Club and other sporting bodies.
ROADKNIGHT.—October, 1943, Private Frank Roadknight, Geelong, died of illness while prisoner of war in Thailand, loving nephew of Sara and Ivan Roadknight, Airey's Inlet. —He paid the supreme sacrifice for those he loved.
ROADKNIGHT.—On October 2, 1943, at Thai Camp, Siam, Frank (Sergeant, A.I.F.), youngest son of Frank C. Roadknight and late M. C. Roadknight, Queen's avenue, Newtown, Geelong, much-loved brother of Don (R.A.N.R.), Peter (A.I.F.), and Nancy.
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