UNDERWOOD  F.

Given Names:  Frank Harold

               

Service Number:  3481

Unit:  6th Battalion, 11th reinforcements                                                                           

Rank:  Private  

Paybook Number: 

 

Age:  23 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Assistant Grocer                                                                                        

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Baptist

 

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  7 In                     

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  34-36 In

Hair:  Fair

Eyes:  Light Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  21/7/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Kathleen Underwood

327 High Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                          

Embarkation Date:  11/10/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Nestor A71

 

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  City of Poona                                   

Embarked:  28/3/1919                               

Disembarked:  14/5/1919

Unit:  6th Battalion                                                                                                                        

Rank:  Private

Discharge Date:  6/7/1919                         

Place:  Melbourne

 

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  4829

British War Medal:  22211

Victory Medal:  222077

Other:   

 

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1891

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  George William UNDERWOOD    

Mother:  Sarah SYKES

 

MARRIAGE

Year:  1914     

Place:  Victoria

Spouse: Kathleen Ellen Grace BRITT

 

DEATH

Date or Year: 14/8/1957                          

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Springvale, Victoria

 

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Suffered shell shock & debility in 1916

Wounded in action 27/7/1916; gun shot wound, leg

Trench fever 1917

 

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

 

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

 

Kew Rotary