Person
McEVOY, Frank Osmond
- Author
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Mike O'Brien
- WW1 Roll of Honour
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Roll of Honour
- Family name
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McEVOY
- Given names
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Frank Osmond
- Gender
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Male
- Religion
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Church of England
- Date of birth
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2 June 1893
- Military service
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WW1
- Regimental number
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458
- Rank
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2nd Lieutenant
- Military units
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9th Light Horse Regiment7th Battalion, East Surrey Regiment
- Military casualty
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Killed in action
- Date of death
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1917
- Place of death
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Death Arras, France
- Decorations and medallions
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1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biographical notes
Frank McEvoy was born in 1893, son of Charles E. McEvoy, of Cliveden Mansions, East Melbourne. He was educated at Melbourne Grammar School, 1906-11 and was chosen to play in the First XV111. Following school, he was employed by Goldsborough Mort & Co. for twelve months and then at 'Brookong' Station NSW.
He enlisted on 24th September 1914, serving at Gallipoli as a Private with the 9th Light Horse. Invalided to England, where he transferred to and was commissioned in the 7th East Surrey Regiment in December 1916. He was killed in France when leading his men over the top on 9th April 1917. He was buried on the battlefield.
Acknowledgments
Melbourne Cricket Club Roll of Honour
National Archives of Australia, Enlistment Records
The Argus, 23 April 1917
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