ARCHER, Frank William
Service Number: | 1093 |
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Enlisted: | 1 September 1914, Sydney, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Wellingborough, Northants, England, United Kingdom, 1888 |
Home Town: | Stockinbingal, Cootamundra, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Kettering, Northants, England |
Occupation: | Platelayer |
Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 22 July 1916 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
1 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1093, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1093, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
He was 29 and the son of William & Elizabeth Woolstan Archer.
Births Dec 1888 ARCHER Frank William Wellingbro' 3b 149.
He is one of 10 Australian casualties of the Great War honoured on the Kettering War Memorial.
Biography
Arrived in Australia aged 26 years
3 Battalion
Rank - Private
5 April 1915 - Embarked HT Derflinger at Alexandria for M.E.F
29 December 1915 - Diembarked from HT Simla at Alexandria
22 March 1916 - Embarked for B.E.F at Alexandria
28 March 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles
8 April 1916 - Charged with being drunk while on active service in the town of Moolenacher. Fined 7 days full pay
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Son of William and Elizabeth Woolstan Archer of Wellingborough, England. Brother of Frederick Archer of Commercial Street Aberdare, Wales, England