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Alvyn Harry FRAYNE

Regimental number697
Place of birthGoolwa, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
AddressGoolwa, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 10"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Ima Frayne, Goolwa, South Australia
Enlistment date3 September 1914
Place of enlistmentMorphettville, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board Transport A2 Geelong on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 12 November 1916
Discharge date17 April 1917
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 2157 Lance Corporal George Murray FRAYNE, 48th Bn, returned to Australia, 2 June 1919; 2699 Pte Leslie Fred FRAYNE, 4th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 31 March 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Commenced return to Australia on board HT 'Wiltshire', 12 November 1916; discharged (medically unfit: cerebro spinal meningitis), Adelaide, 17 April 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death1 February 1981
Place of burialPayneham Cemetery, South Australia
SourcesNAA: B2455, FRAYNE Alvyn Harry

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