KAY F.F.

KAY F.F.

Given Names: Frank Ferguson

Service Number: 2616

Unit: 5th Battalion, 8th reinforcements

Rank: Private

Paybook Number:

Age: 18 Yrs 2 Mths

Occupation: Clerk

Marital Status: Single

Religion: Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Height: 5 Ft 7 In

Weight: 168 Lbs

Chest: 35½-38½ In

Hair:

Eyes: Brown

Complexion: Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted: 25/5/1915

Place: Melbourne

Next of Kin: FATHER George Charles Kay

96 Harcourt Street, Auburn, Victoria

Embarkation Date: 15/9/1915

Port: Melbourne

Ship: SS Makarini

END OF WAR

Status: Returned to Australia

Ship: HT Corinthic

Embarked: 10/1/1918

Disembarked:

Unit: 2nd Field Artillery Brigade

Rank: Bombardier

Discharge Date: 5/9/1918

Place: 3MD

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star: 1912

British War Medal: 19363

Victory Medal: 19226

Other:

BIRTH

Date or Year: 18/12/1897

Place: Kew, Victoria

Father: George Charles KAY

Mother: Mary Ann NICKELL

MARRIAGE

Year: 1919

Place: Victoria

Spouse: Lucy HUGHES

DEATH

Date or Year: 25/4/1958

Place: ,

Burial: Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 4/10/1917; gun shot wound, right arm & feet; amputated right leg below knee

MEMORIALS

Auburn State School

Kew War Memorial

Springvale Walls of Remembrance