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Frank BURGESS

Regimental number4954
Place of birthDeloraine, Tasmania
SchoolState School, Dunorlan, Tasmania
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressKimberley, Tasmania
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs S Burgess, Kimberley, Tasmania
Enlistment date16 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name12th Battalion, 15th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/29/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 18 February 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll12th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 September 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death26
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialCourcelette British Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row G, Grave No.6), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
65
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Mary BURGESS; husband of Sophia BURGESS, Upper Natone, Tasmania
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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