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LAYCOCK, Frank
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 4 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, 18 March 1869 |
| Home Town: | Norwood (SA), South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Book Seller |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Sergeant, 4, 1st South Australian Mounted Rifles | |
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| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Lieutenant, 8th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Nov 1914: | Involvement Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Eastern embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
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| 28 Nov 1914: | Embarked Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps , SS Eastern, Sydney | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded |
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Previously served 11 years B Company, 2nd Regiment and C Company, 1st Battalion.
Also served with 8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse.
Served with the AN&MEF in WW1, was promoted from Lieutenant to Captain then captured by the Germans; returned to Australia 1919.