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HOUGHTON, Frank Stanley
| Service Number: | 2369 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Memorials: | Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2369, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Itria embarkation_ship_number: A53 public_note: '' | |
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| 14 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2369, 5th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Itria, Adelaide |
Frank Houghton
Name: Frank Stanley Houghton
Service Number: 2369
Place of Birth: London, England
Date of Birth: not available
Place of Enlistment: Adelaide
Date of Enlistment: 23 May 1916
Age at Enlistment: 18 years 7 months
Next of Kin: Mother, Clara Houghton
Occupation: Apprentice Carpenter
Religion: Church of England
Rank: Private
Frank left Outer Harbour on board the Itria on 14 August 1916, disembarking at Plymouth, England on 30 October and served with the Pioneer Training Battalion at Sutton Veny and Perham Downs prior to being sent to France with the 5th Pioneer Battalion on 11 December 1917. He was hospitalised on several occasions in early 1918 and was returned to Australia on the Marathon on 5 March and discharged as medically unfit on 22 July.
Submitted 22 October 2023 by christopher collins