IVES, Frank Solomon
| Service Number: | 674 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 December 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Dunorlan, Tasmania, Australia, January 1896 |
| Home Town: | Devonport, Devonport, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Devonport East State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bank Clerk |
| Died: | Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Heart Failure - War Related, Caulfield Military Hospital, Caulfield, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 26 March 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
East Devonport Cemetery East Devonport Cemetery, Devonport, Tasmania, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Devonport Cenotaph, East Devonport St Paul's Honour Roll, Tasmania (Launceston) Garden of Remembrance |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Dec 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 674, 2nd Machine Gun Company | |
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| 9 May 1917: | Involvement Private, 674, 2nd Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 9 May 1917: | Embarked Private, 674, 2nd Machine Gun Company, HMAT Ulysses, Sydney |
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From Sue Guinan to Tasmania – The Great War 1914-1918
Pte FRANK SOLOMON IVES,
A 20 year old bank clerk from Devonport the son of William Napoleon and Rebecca Ives he served with the 1st Machine Gun Battalion and returned to Australia 1st February 1918. He died at the Caulfield Military Hospital Victoria on the 26th March 1918 of pulmonary tuberculosis and heart failure and was buried in the East Devonport Cemetery, Tasmania, Australia.
THE FUNERAL of the late PRIVATE FRANK SOLOMON IVES will leave the West Devonport Wharf on arrival of SS Oonah, about 2 p.m. on FRIDAY, for St. Paul's Cemetery East Devonport.
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