Frank Silk WHITAKER

Regimental number25/1840
Date of birth23 February 1876
Place of birthCanterbury
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Height5' 7.75"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs A H Whitaker, 48 College Hill, Auckland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date22 December 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 2nd Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Members of G Company left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahitit'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to identify on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 7), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Wife: Agnes Harriet Whitaker, Selwyn Street, Onehunga, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 1 April 1916; disembarked Suez, 2 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 20 May 1916; marched into NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 28 May 1916.

Admitted to 24th General Hospital, Etaples, 13 June 1916 (sprained ankle); transferred to Convalescent Camp, 29 June 1916.

Joined 3rd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 29 July 1916, and posted to B Company.

Detached to Divisional Salvage Corps, 13 September 1916; rejoined unit, 2 April 1917.

Detached to Working Bn, in the field, 21 April 1917; rejoined unit, 19 May 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 14 August 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 27 August 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 10
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22018315