Frank Geoffrey NASH DCM

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NASH, Frank Geoffrey

Service Number:	110
Enlisted:	18 August 1914, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Signal Company
Born:	Goodwood Park, South Australia, 13 July 1895
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Goodwood Public School
Occupation:	Traveller
Died:	Claremont, Western Australia, 21 June 1958, aged 62 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia Ashes scattered within the cemetery
Memorials:	Goodwood Public School WW1 Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

18 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 110, 1st Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Karroo embarkation_ship_number: A10 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 110, 1st Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Karroo, Melbourne
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 110, 1st Divisional Signal Company, ANZAC / Gallipoli
27 Jul 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1st Divisional Signal Company
29 Oct 1917:	Wounded 110, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Gas
28 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1
28 Jun 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 110, 1st Divisional Signal Company, Compassionate grounds

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Biography

"Among the recipients of military awards last week was Sgt. Frank G. Nash, D.C.M., a son of Mr. W. Nash, of the Government Produce Department, Adelaide. The young hero received the Distinguished Conduct Medal for organizing and maintaining a visual signal station on an exposed ridge swept by enemy fire on the western front. Sgt. Nash was one of the first South Australians to enlist. He left this State on August 22, 1914, with the Signal Engineers. He participated in the landing at Gallipoli on April 25 last year, and only left the peninsula a few weeks before the evacuation. He went to France with the first batch of Australians in March last. Before 'the great push' Sgt. Nash was temporarily appointed an instructor in signalling in the Royal Flying Corps, and for two months he made daily flights. Two of his brothers are serving with the colours — Staff-Sgt. R. J. Nash and Sgt. M. E. Nash." - from the Adelaide Register 27 Sep 1916 (nla.gov.au)

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