Gault, Frank

Western FrontAll Campaigns

20 Jan

Written By Renegade Moss

SURNAME

Gault

NAME

Frank

PLACE OF BIRTH

Port Douglas

OCCUPATION

Fruit preserver

PLACE OF ENLISTMENT

Brisbane

DATE OF ENLISTMENT

5/08/1916

NEXT OF KIN

Winifred Louisa Gault(wife), Woolloongabba, Qld

LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE

Born in Port Douglas

REGIMENT 1

31st Battalion AIF

RANK

Private

CAMPAIGN 1

Western Front

DATE DISCHARGED

26-04-19

OTHER INFORMATION

Embarked Kyarra 17-11-16; to France 12-10-17; return Ulysses 18-01-19. Awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal.

STORY OUTLINE

Frank Gault was born in Port Douglas, but was working as a fruit preserver in Brisbane when war broke out. He enlisted in August 1916 at age 32, a married man. Assigned to the 31st Battalion, he embarked on Kyarra in November 1916 to England; later to France in October 1917. In September 1918 he was seriously wounded in action and was hospitalised then invalided to Australia in January 1919. Private Gault was discharged on 26 April 1919.

SERVICE NO

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