Frank Leslie LONSDALE

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Service Number:	Officer
Enlisted:	4 May 1915, Sydney, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Captain
Last Unit:	17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia , 17 April 1887
Home Town:	Enmore, Inner West Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Lands clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, Malta, 28 September 1915, aged 28 years
Cemetery:	Pieta Military Cemetery B. XVII. 6.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

4 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Captain, Sydney, New South Wales
12 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, Officer, 17th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
12 May 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Captain, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney
15 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
18 Sep 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, 17th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Bomb wound (thigh)

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He was 28 and the son of Frank Edwin and Fanny Lonsdale, of 20, Charles St., Enmore, New South Wales. Born at Sydney.

The inscription, chosen by family reads: THE VERY BEST THAT GOD COULD SEND, A LOVING SON BROTHER AND FRIEND

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