Frank Edgar KIRKUP

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KIRKUP, Frank Edgar

Service Number:	135
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	England, United Kingdom, 1876
Home Town:	Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1932, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park, NSW Plot: AB - Anglican FM B, Position 1131
Memorials:

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 135, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 135, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
5 May 1902:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 135, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

Frank Edgar Kirkup was born in 1876, a son to James Kirkup and Charlotte Kirkup. He was in Queensland when he enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and noted his N.O.K. as his brother F. Kirkup, Strahan, Tasmania. On his return from the South African (Boer) War he returned to Hobart, Tasmania, where on 1 Mar 1905 he married Lylia Kate Drake and they had 1 child.

He served in both the South African (Boer) War and WW1. First service was as a Private S.N. 135 in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Boer War. Second service was as a Private (rising to Bombardier) S.N. 1957 in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment transfering to 4th Division Ammunition Column AIF, WW1.

(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 496; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).

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