The service record of 1151 Frank Stanley Harding shows that Frank had a reasonably straight forward period of service between March 1915 and August 1919. Page 19 of the service record is a synopsis of his war years with one entry that sticks out; he went AWOL in Cairo. Having read many other records, I think Frank could have got in a lot more trouble than other soldiers. For being AWOL, he was awarded 7 days field punishment number 2 and 10 days loss of pay. Frank was a signaller and served in 2nd Division and 4th Division Signal Company.
This collection is rather interesting. Frank was awarded the WWI trio but I only received the British War Medal. Included, is the Anzac Gallipoli Medallion and lapel pin. The really interesting bit is that Frank's letter to the Department of Defence applying for this medallion is also in the service record.
I didn't find much information about Frank's other than his headstone and his name on an Ancestry family tree. I fired of a message to the tree owner and today I received a reply from Frank's great granddaughter. This is Mandy and I'll send her this collection later this week.
These are, of course, more items from the RSL Care SA bag. The returned medal tally is now 2722.
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