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Gnr. Frank Barth
Australian Imperial Force 24th Field Artillery Brigade
from:Australia
(d.10th Dec 1916 )
Gunner Frank Garth was born in Dover, England and educated at Eglington Road School, Woolwich, Kent. He came to Australia when he was 13 years old, and joined the Australian Imperial Force on 19th June 1915. Garth embarked on the HMAT Wandilla from Fremantle, Western Australia on 25th June 1915. He was wounded in action at Gallipoli on 8th August 1915.
After recovering in Egypt he returned to service with the 24th Field Artillery Brigade. He was killed in action on 10th December 1916 in the Flers Sector, France at the age of 18 years 4 months.
Frank Garth is commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial in France.