ONSLOW, Frank
| Service Numbers: | 527, 2641 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 36th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 17 August 1886 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Cook |
| Died: | Wallsend, New South Wales, Australia, 11 December 1956, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW ANGLICAN 2-146. 30. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 27 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 527, 34th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Apr 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 527, 34th Infantry Battalion, Discharged at wife's request | |
| 30 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2641, 36th Infantry Battalion, 34th Bn, discharged at wife's request | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2641, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 9 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2641, 36th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 1 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2641, 36th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD - Medically unfit |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
65 years ago today, on the 12th December 1956, Private Frank Onslow, 36th Battalion (Reg No-527 & 2641), labourer and cook from 72 Brunker Road, Hamilton West, New South Wales and Teralba Road, Adamstown, N.S.W. and Wallsend, N.S.W., was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 70. ANGLICAN 2-146. 30.
Born at Adamstown, New South Wales on the 17th August 1886 to William James and Mary Ann Onslow; husband of Ada May Victoria Onslow nee Eyre (married 26.3.1916, Adamstown, N.S.W., died?), also Dolly Onslow nee Carpenter, married 1920, Rylstone or Emmaville, N.S.W., died 1973, sleeping here), Frank enlisted January 1916 at West Maitland, N.S.W. (Reg No-527, 34th Battalion, 79 days, discharged at wife's request).
Reenlisted-22.8.1916, Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital 12.10.1917 (abrasion to left hand).
Frank returned home May 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 1st October 1918.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140981024 - welcome home.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139647393 - bigamy.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article159374011 - court case (very interesting!).
Mr. Onslow’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial (photos, unveiled on the 17th December 1921, 233 names inscribed, 32 Fallen), Adamstown Municipal District Roll of Honor and the Sulphide Corporation Pty Ltd Cockle Creek Works Roll of Honour.
There is no inscription on Frank’s headstone plaque to tell us of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I have placed poppies and a 1914-1918 WAR label in remembrance of his sacrifice for God, King and Country.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
Lest We Forget.
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