Francisco (Frank) ACEITUNO

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ACEITUNO, Francisco

Service Number:	2283
Enlisted:	4 May 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Key West, Florida USA, 29 January 1872
Home Town:	Bridgetown, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 11 October 1952, aged 80 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Bridgetown Cemetery Unmarked grave Plot C2/140
Memorials:	Bridgetown Memorial Park

World War 1 Service

4 May 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2283, 44th Infantry Battalion
13 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, 2283, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, 2283, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Macquarie, Fremantle

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Biography contributed by Richard Allen

Frank's mother, Ellen Healy Aceituno, remarried shortly after her first husband died, to Thomas Darcy O'Toole who was an English seafarer. The new family returned to England but in 1877 arrived in Western Australia aboard the Robert Morrison and settled in Bridgetown. Young Frank was mostly known as Frank O'Toole and became naturalised in 1909. He enlisted at age 44 and served mostly in France. Both before and after the war he worked as a farmer and lived most of his life in Bridgetown. He was regarded as a true gentleman by those who knew him.

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