Frank SMALLEY

SMALLEY, Frank

Service Number: VX71156
Enlisted: 5 January 1942, Caulfield, Victoria
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 39th Infantry Battalion
Born: Alford, Lincolnshire, England, 13 September 1903
Home Town: Preston, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling: Unknown
Occupation: Munition worker
Died: Killed in Action, Papua New Guinea, 30 August 1942, aged 38 years
Cemetery: Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea
Plot: Panel 5., Port Moresby Memorial, Port Moresby, Papua, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial
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World War 2 Service

5 Jan 1942: Involvement Private, VX71156, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF
5 Jan 1942: Enlisted Caulfield, Victoria
7 Jan 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX71156, 39 Infantry Battalion AMF
16 Mar 1942: Embarked Australian Army (Post WW2), Private, VX71156, 39th Infantry Battalion, SS Taroona from Melbourne

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Biography

Frank SMALLEY was born on 13th September, 1903 in Alford, Lincolnshire, England - his birth was registered in 1903 as Frank ORREY in Spilsby, Lincolnshire

His parents were Alfred SMALLEY & Mary Elizabeth ORREY

He immigrated to Australia on the ship Largs Bay, arriving in Melbourne on 3rd December, 1923

He married Doris Elizabeth PASK in Victoria in 1926 - known children were Kenneth, Frank, Allan, Raymond & Roy