Frank Osborn BANCROFT

BANCROFT, Frank Osborn

Service Number: 472
Enlisted: 10 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 13th Infantry Battalion
Born: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town: Rockdale, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling: Rockdale and Kogarah State Schools, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation: Fisherman
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
No known grave Panel 36 He was killed by machine gun fire near Chocolate Hill while acting as a scout for the Ghurkas. It was considered possible that he may have been buried by the Ghurkas, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Rockdale West Botany St. Methodist Church Honour Roll
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World War 1 Service

10 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 472, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Private, 472, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Private, 472, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of John Dalton Bancroft and Elizabeth Bancroft of Cameron Street, Rockdale, NSW

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal