SEWELL F.A.

Given Names:  Frank Alyn

Service Number:  31626

Unit:  Howitzer Brigade 23, 9th reinforcements                                                                 

Rank:  Driver   

Paybook Number: 

Age:  18 Yrs  2 Mths

Occupation:  Student                                                                                                     

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  10 In                   

Weight:  154 Lbs

Chest:  34-36 In

Hair:  Auburn

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  31/7/1916

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  MOTHER  Mrs Caroline Sewell

Cradley', Studley Park Road, Kew, Victoria                                                                        

Embarkation Date:  23/12/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  RMS Orontes

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Ulysses  

Embarked:  27/12/1919                             

Disembarked:  11/2/1920

Unit:  Australian Flying Corps, 3rd Squadron                                                                                   

Rank:  Lieutenant

Discharge Date:  28/3/1920                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  62310

Victory Medal:  60380

Other:    Dinstinguished Flying Cross

BIRTH

Date or Year:  7/5/1898

Place:  Caulfield, Victoria                         

Father:  Frank Blamyre SEWELL              

Mother:  Carol Olivia LEE

MARRIAGE

Year:  1925     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Vera Isobel Crystal McLEOD

DEATH

Date or Year: 13/5/1979                          

Place: Heidelberg, Victoria                      

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 11/9/1918; gun shot wound, right elbow

Non-military employment 31/3/1919 - 30/9/1919

Distinguished Flying Cross recommendation dated 17/8/1918; for gallantry and devotion to duty on 11/8/1918, he flew for two hours under 200 feet, amidst heavy machine gun fire on the front Bray-Corbie road to the Somme

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

Kew State School

Holy Trinity Church

Trinity Grammar

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  V80099

RAAF 250323   

Date Enlisted:  3/10/1939                                        

Date Discharged:  4/12/1939

28/6/1945

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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