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Frank APPLEQUIST

Regimental number720
Place of birthLandskrona, Sweden
ReligionLutheran
OccupationHewer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Applequist, Christonstad, Sweden
Previous military service6 months in Swedish Navy
Enlistment date25 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name16th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/33/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 22 December 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll16th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 15 October 1914. Wounded 28 April 1915.
FateDied of wounds 10 May 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Date of death10 May 1915
Age at death34
Place of burialCourtney's and Steel's Post Cemetery (Special Memorial No. 2), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
78
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
SPELT APPLEQVIST, stated to be the correct name
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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