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Frank Swanson WISE

Regimental number4606
Place of birthQuorn South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLocomotive cleaner, South Australian Railways 
AddressQuorn, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Wise, Quorn, South Australia
Enlistment date28 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name10th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/27/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 7 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 August 1918
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Swanson spelt Swainson
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialDaours Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No. 28), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
61
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert Swainson and Mary WISE
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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