waugh, francis william
DESCRIPTION
Service Number 2406. Killed in Action 10th June 1917. Belgium.TRANSCRIPT
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.
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