FAY F.W.

Given Names:  Frank William

Service Number: 

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade B, HQ                                                                                   

Rank:  Captain (Medical Officer)                                                                                      

Paybook Number: 

Age:  24 Yrs  4 Mths

Occupation:  Medical Practitioner                                                                                   

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Church of England

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8½ In                  

Weight:  154 Lbs

Chest:  38 In

Hair: 

Eyes: 

Complexion: 

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  10/2/1916

Place: 

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Franklin Ethelbet FAY

The Hawthorns', Brougham Place, East Kew, Victoria                                                        

Embarkation Date:  20/5/1916

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Medic A7

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Osterley

Embarked:  28/9/1919                               

Disembarked: 

Unit:  Australian Army Medical Corps                                                                                             

Rank:  Captain

Discharge Date:  29/12/1919                     

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  Not earned

British War Medal:  43153

Victory Medal:  42477

Other:    Military Cross & Bar, MiD

BIRTH

Date or Year:  19/1/1892

Place:  Kew, Victoria                               

Father:  Franklin Ethelbert FAY                

Mother:  Angelina Margaret HAIG

MARRIAGE

Year:              

Place:  Kensington, England                     

Spouse: Dorothy Lois Elizabeth ROBINSON

DEATH

Date or Year: 1969                                 

Place: ,           

Burial:  ,

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Wounded in action 1/10/1917; gassed

Mention in Despatches 7/11/1917 for distinguished and gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field during the period 26/7/1917 to 20/9/1917

Military Cross recommendation dated 24/5/1918 at Daours for conducting himself with the utmost determination and coolness and continuously exposed himself to danger by bringing up ambulance cars from the park and expediting the loading of wounded

Bar to MC recommendation dated 17/8/1918 at Villers-Bretonneux; personnally reconnoitred all roads leading forward from V-B in daylight

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

University of Melbourne

St Hilary’s Church

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

Service Number:  T284                                           

Date Enlisted:  19/4/1939                                        

Date Discharged:  19/11/1942

COMMENTS

FURTHER INFORMATION

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