Frank Osborn BANCROFT

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Service Number:	472
Enlisted:	10 September 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Rockdale, Rockdale, New South Wales
Schooling:	Rockdale and Kogarah State Schools, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Fisherman
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave Panel 36 He was killed by machine gun fire near Chocolate Hill while acting as a scout for the Ghurkas. It was considered possible that he may have been buried by the Ghurkas, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Rockdale West Botany St. Methodist Church Honour Roll

10 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 472, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 472, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 472, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Son of John Dalton Bancroft and Elizabeth Bancroft of Cameron Street, Rockdale, NSW

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