VOLLMERHAUSE, Frank Ferdinand Jacob
Service Numbers: | 1945, Q89427 |
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Enlisted: | 13 February 1902, Lytton, Qld. |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry |
Born: | Maryborough, Qld., 30 July 1881 |
Home Town: | Maryborough, Fraser Coast, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Labourer / Retired Farmer |
Died: | 13 April 1969, aged 87 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
Memorials: | Maryborough Boer War Honour Roll |
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 1945, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse | |
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13 Feb 1902: | Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1945, 3rd Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse, Lytton, Qld. | |
23 Mar 1902: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Trooper, 1945, 3rd Queensland Mounted Infantry, Brisbane, Qld. |
World War 2 Service
22 Jul 1941: | Involvement Private, Q89427 | |
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22 Jul 1941: | Enlisted | |
5 Nov 1945: | Discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of Johannes VOLLMERHAUSE and Johanna nee SCHULZ, Maryborough, Qld.
He was ill at Lady Smith during his return from South Africa. He had pneumonia and wanted to get off the boat at Curban but permission was refused. He spent 5 months in Fort Franklin Hospital, about 40 miles from Melbourne, immediately after he returned. Suffering from pneumonia an operation was performed on his lungs.