FLINDELL, Frank Richard
| Service Number: | 1620 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 July 1915, Perth, WA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Christian Brothers College, Perth, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Bullecourt, France, 3 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Fremantle Fallen Sailors & Soldiers Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1620, 32nd Infantry Battalion, Perth, WA | |
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| 18 Nov 1915: | Involvement Private, 1620, 32nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Nov 1915: | Embarked Private, 1620, 32nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
| 25 Jul 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, France | |
| 12 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, France | |
| 8 Mar 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, France | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 1620, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, Bullecourt (Second) | |
| 3 May 1917: | Involvement Corporal, 1620, 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1620 awm_unit: 8th Australian Light Trench Mortar Battery awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-05-03 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Wight
1620 Private (Pte) Frank Richard Flindell, 32nd Battalion was a farmhand from Leederville, Western Australia, and embarked with the 1st Reinforcements from Adelaide on 18 November 1915 aboard HMAT Geelong (A2) for Suez.
The battalion relocated to the Western Front, France, during June 1916 and Pte Flindell was transferred to the 8th Light Trench Mortar Battery a month later. He was promoted to Lance Corporal on 12 November 1916 and to Temporary Corporal on 8 March 1917 and then attended the 5th Trench Mortar School during April 1916. He was promoted to Corporal (Cpl) on 1 May 1917.
Cpl Flindell was killed in action on 3 May 1917.
He has no known grave and he is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, France. He was aged 23 years.
Source: AWM
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