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Francis Roy RANKIN

Regimental number493
Place of birthMount Moriac, Victoria
SchoolState School, Victoria; grammar school, Kyneton, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationClerk
AddressMethodist Parsonage, Burnie, Tasmania
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, Rev F Rankin, Methodist Parsonage, Burnie, Tasmania
Enlistment date20 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll22 January 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied Colchester Military Hospital.
FateDied of disease 10 September 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death21
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialColchester Cemetery (Plot T, Row I, Grave No. 6), Essex
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
94
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents; Francis and Alvina RANKIN, Golden Square, Bendigo, Victoria

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