waugh, francis william

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Bragg, Edmund Allen Service Number 1494

Killed in Action 19th May 1915 Gallipoli Peninsula

Gosford District Casualties of World War One

Waugh, Francis William Service Number 2406

Killed in Action 10th June 1917 Belgium

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NAME Waugh, Francis William

SERVICE NO 2406

UNIT

RANK Private

AGE at Enlistment 26 yrs 9 mths

PLACE OF BIRTH Scarborough, Yorkshire

ADDRESS Teralba Rd., Adamstown

OCCUPATION Fitters labourer, NSW Railways & Tramways

DATE OF ENLISTMENT 17 May 1916

PLACE OF ENLIST-MENT

Newcastle, NSW

PREVIOUS SERVICE

NEXT OF KIN Wife;- Laura Sussanah May Waugh, Teralba Rd., Adamstown

PHYSICAL DESCRIP-TION

Height-5’6½”. Weight-125lbs. Chest-32-34”. Complexion-Fair. Eyes-Blue. Hair-Brown. Tattoo L/Forearm

RELIGION Methodist

EMBARKED 17 Oct 1916 Sydney- per A30 “Borda”

DISEMBARKED 9 Jan 1917 Plymouth

NOTES

WOUNDED/ILLNESS

DIED 10 Jun 1917-instantly by shell explosion, Le Poterie Farm, to the right of Messines Ridge Belgium

BURIED Ploegsteert Wood

Strand Military Cem., Plot 5 Row B

MEDALS British War Medal-49871, Victory Medal-49359. Memorial Plaque & Scroll-326447.

DEPENDANTS child;- Francis William Waugh

PERSONAL EFFECTS

WILL

CORRESPONDENCE Wife/ Manchester Unity/

Gosford Times 13

th June 1918

ROLL OF HONOR WAUGH – In loving memory of our dear brother-in-law, Private Francis William (Frank), killed in action in France, 10

th June, 1917.

He sleeps beside his comrades In an honored grave in France. Inserted by C.G. and R.G. Stamp, Ourimbah.

Abridged record/s courtesy of the National Archives of Australia (NAA) Series No: B2455 Item Barcode: 8376710

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