Participant Info

Surname

Geelan

First Name

Frank

Initial

J

Service Number

382

Rank

private

Unit Served

20th Battalion, 14th Light Horse

Service Record

Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

April 15

Embarkation Year

1915

Embarkation Month

June 25

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 55, image page 54

Also Known As

Geelan, Francis John

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

Frank and Mary Geelan

Parental Address

Lyal Street, Leichhardt

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

born at Braidwood, April 13, 1894, educated Leichhardt Public School, plasterer, enlisted April 12, 1915, embarked June 25, 1915.War service: Egypt, Gallipoli (August until evacuation), joined Camel Corps when first formed and fought in Egypt and Palesti