Service Number
4367
Unit
1st Pioneers
Date of Enlistment
03/04/1917
Date of Return
01/07/1920
Date of Discharge
22/01/1920
Date of Death
20/07/1946
Service Story
Separated from his wife Edith, and aged 43 years, Frank may have felt that he still had something to contribute to the war effort. He enlisted in Victoria and was allotted to the 1st Pioneers, a logical choice for a carpenter. Frank spent the best part of five months in England undergoing further training, joining his unit in mid May 1918. In August he was badly gassed and evacuated to England for treatment. He re-joined his unit in April 1919 which was still operating in France. He left England in July 1919 to return home. Frank worked on the mainland for a number of years prior to returning to Launceston where he died in 1946 aged 72.
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Carr Villa Launceston
Burial Reference
C7-232
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