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UNDERWOOD, Frank Maldon
| Service Number: | 2387 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1914, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Hopetown, South Australia, 29 January 1891 |
| Home Town: | Fowlers Bay, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Blackwood, South Australia, 19 May 1956, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Cemetery, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia Section: KO, Road: 8, Site No: 69 |
| Memorials: | Henley Beach Roll of Honor |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2387, 1st Australian Reserve Park, Enlisted at Morphettville, SA | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 2387, 1st Australian Reserve Park, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 2387, 1st Australian Reserve Park, HMAT Armadale, Melbourne | |
| 30 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 27 Feb 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2387, 5th Pioneer Battalion, Discharged at the 4th Military District as medically unfit due to defective vision | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Driver, 2387 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of David Edward Underwood and Elizabeth Emma Underwood nee Jones of Henley Beach formerly of Northgate Street, Unley, SA.
Brother of Walter Clifton Underwood who returned to Australia on 16 May 1919 having served with the 1st Light Horse Machine Gun Squadron and Douglas Jerrold Underwood who returned to Australia on 18 October 1919 having served with the Australian Army Medical Corps
Commenced return to Australia on 21 December 1917 aboard HT Persic disembarking a Melbourne on 8 January 1918 for onward travel to Adelaide.
Medals: 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
On 17 July 1919 Frank married Mary Inkster at the residence of A.J. Inkster of Elliston, SA
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