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RANDLE, Frank
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2766 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Bulwell, Nottinghamshire, England, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Boolaroo, Lake Macquarie Shire, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Colliery Labourer in Nottinghamshire in 1911. |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 3 May 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, France Grave Reference: IV C 16, Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 2 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 2766, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
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| 2 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 2766, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 2766, 5th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2766 awm_unit: 5th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Births Jun 1894 Randle Frank Basford 7b 219
5th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery- Australian Infantry (AIF)
He enlisted 28/7/1915 and embarked 2/11/1915 from Sydney New South Wales aboard HMAT A14 Euripides.
He was the son of Thomas Ephraim and Cicely Randle and the brother of Mary, George, William, Martha, Isaac and Jacob Randle. In 1901 they lived at 24 Austin Street and in 1911 at 7 Hazel Grove (both Bulwell, Nottingham) and later at 9 Charles St., Cudworth, Barnsley, England