Frank Close

Forenames

Frank AWMM

Surname

Close AWMM

Service number

WWI 69466 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

• 26 Dec 1896 AWMM
• 26 Dec 1896 Public Source

Date of birth

26 December 1896

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Place of birth

Nelson

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Next of kin

Mrs M. Close (mother), Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 69466 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 02 Mar 1918-08 Apr 1918 AWMM
HMNZT 101 AWMM Vessel was Tofua AWMM Private AWMM 35th Reinforcements, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Frank Close was the son of T. B. and Margrett C. Close, of Warwick Rd., Stratford, New Zealand. Born at Nelson. AWMM

Death

4 Nov 1918 AWMM
Age  22 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Le Quesnoy Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM I. B. 11. AWMM

Memorial name

Hawera War Memorial

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Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21895347
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/579081/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/579081
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  80: 10
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Pugsley, C. (2018). Le Quesnoy, 1918 : New Zealand's Last Battle. Auckland, New Zealand : Oratia.
• NZEF CASUALTIES — LE QUESNOY As noted in the Appendix of Dr Christopher Pugsley’s book: Le Quesnoy 1918: New Zealand’s Last Battle. This list was compiled by Richard Stowers and Herb Farrant, and added to by Christopher Pugsley. Please forward any additional names and details to the author through Oratia Media. The list covers period 1–7 November 1918 and those who died after from wounds received in this period.