Frank Theodore MAUER

Regimental number5380
Place of birthMelbourne, Victoria
SchoolBoolurra State School, Victoria
Other trainingSeved in the Cadets
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
AddressBoolara, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinMother, Mrs Agnes Mauer, Boolara PO, Boolara, Victoria
Previous military serviceTook his Captains place on the morning he was killed
Enlistment date9 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 1 August 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingBroodseinde, Passchendaele, Belgium
Age at death24
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XIX, Row L, Grave No. 16), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
102
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Franz and Agnes MAUER, Boolarra, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal