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Frank McCREANOR

Regimental number3180
Place of birthDubbo, New South Wales
SchoolPyrmont Public School, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHatter
Address'Oakleigh Villa', King Street, Rockdale, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinFather, F J McCreanor, 'Oakleigh Villa', King Street, Rockdale, New South Wales
Enlistment date8 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name19th Battalion, 7th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/36/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 20 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 11 September 1918
Place of death or woundingRoisel, 1918, France
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialRoisel Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row G, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
41
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Francis and Elizabeth Frances MCCREANOR, Oakleigh Villa, King Street, Rockdale, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousins: 6282 Lance Corporal Charles Francis CARLSON, 18th Bn, killed in action, 4 October 1917; 1717 Pte Harold CARLSON, 20th Bn, returned to Australia, 4 November 1915; 4356 Pte Norman CARLSON, 5th Field Ambulance, returned to Australia, 19 February 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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