Soldier profiles
Name : CHEAL, FRANK CANNING
Service Number : 261625 (NX81159)
Date of Birth : 19/05/1922
Place of Birth : SINGLETON, NSW
Known as : FRANK
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 30/12/1941
Locality on Enlistment : SINGLETON, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : CHEAL, JESSIE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) : 17 PLATOON D COMPANY (DAEO, MOROTAI)
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : NEW GUINEA, BORNEO
Actions : SHAGGY RIDGE (NEW GUINEA)
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 29/01/1946
Date Died : N/A
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : N/A
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : NO
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (NO ENTRY FOUND), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, AWM_064178.jpg, AWM_090602.jpg, N.S.W. 2/1 and 2/2 Pioneer News 01/04/1961 p3
Background : Brother of Geoffrey John David Cheal (2/2 Pioneer).
