Frank Southam Binns

Forenames

Frank Southam AWMM

Surname

Binns AWMM

Service number

WWI 560 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Place of birth

Newport, Victoria

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Birth notes

educated Footscray, Victoria State School, Nephew: Sergeant Thomas VICKERS, died of wounds 14 May 1

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Next of kin

Mr F. Binns (father), Strand Arcade, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 560 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 01 Oct 1914 AWMM

Occupation before enlistment

Hairdresser

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Embarkation details

WW1 Private AWMM Australian Imperial Force (AIF), 14th Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Australian Imperial Force (AIF), 14th Battalion AWMM

Death

19 May 1915 AWMM
Age  24 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey AWMM IV.A. 5. AWMM

Obituary

Lance-Corporal Frank Lontham [sic] Binns, who has been killed at the Dardanelles, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Binns, of the Strand Arcade, Auckland. (Auckland Weekly News, 1 July 1915, p. 20) AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
  http://www.cwgc.org
  Sources Used
• Australian War Memorial databases. Research a person index.
  http://www.awm.gov.au/find/index.asp
  Sources Used

References

• Auckland Weekly News
  Obituary: Auckland Weekly News, 1 July 1915, p. 20.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• AIF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra