Topic: AIF - 1B - 1 LHR
1st LHR, AIF
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment
Frank Lindsay Willis
Frank Lindsay Willis
Service number: 1125
Rank: Driver [Dvr]
Unit: 1 Australian Light Horse
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of death: 4 August 1916
Cause of death: Died of wounds
Cemetery or memorial details: EGYPT 2 Kantara War Memorial Cemetery
War Grave Register notes: WILLIS, Dvr. Frank Lindsay, 1125. 1st Australian Light Horse. Died of wounds 4th Aug., 1916. Age 21. Son of Charles and Mary Hannah Willis, of Cloverleigh, Crookwell, New South Wales. B. 7.
Source: AWM145 Roll of Honour cards, 1914-1918 War, Army.
A brief military biography of Frank Lindsay Willis from The AIF Project:
| Regimental number | 1125 |
| Religion | Methodist |
| Occupation | Farmer |
| Address | Cloverleigh, Brookwell, New South Wales |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 20 |
| Next of kin | Father, Charles Willis, Cloverleigh, Brookwell, New South Wales |
| Enlistment date | 12 May 1915 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 1st Light Horse Regiment, 7th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/6/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A21 Marere on 16 August 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 1st Light Horse Regiment |
| Fate | Died of wounds 4 August 1916 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
| Place of burial | Kantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 17), Egypt |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 3 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles and Mary Hannah WILLIS |
Lest We Forget
Additional Reading:
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, AIF
1st Australian Light Horse Regiment, Roll of Honour
Battle of Romani, Sinai, August 4 to 5, 1916
Bir el Abd, Sinai, 9 August 1916
Battles where Australians fought, 1899-1919
Citation: 1st LHR, Roll of Honour, Frank Lindsay Willis
