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Frank Sing

Born: 23 August 1893, Wanganui, New Zealand[1][2]

HEIGHT: 5 feet 6 inches [2]

ALSO KNOWN AS

ENLISTMENT: WW1: 5 September 1914 [1]

DISCHARGED: 20 May 1916[2]

OCCUPATION: Farm hand/Civilian [1] [2]

SERVICE NUMBER: WWI 12/1096 [1] [2]

RANK: Private[1] [2]

New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt

New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. Vol 1: P 666

ARMED FORCE / BRANCH: Army, Auckland Infantry Battalion [1] [2]

WAR: World War I, 1914-1918 [1] [2]

CAMPAIGN: 1915-1916 Gallipoli[1] [2]

WOUNDED: 14 May 1915[2]

INJURIES IN OR BY THE SERVICE: Loose cartilage of the knee.[2]

EMBARKATION DETAILS

WW1 16 Oct 1914-3 December 1914 from Wellington, New Zealand to Suez, Egypt [1] [2]

SING, Frank—WW112/1096—Army. (n.d.). National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 14 April 2021, from https://ndhadeliver.natlib

SING, Frank—WW112/1096—Army. (n.d.). National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 14 April 2021, from https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24384538

HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 Vessel was Star of India or Waimana [1] [2]

ADDRESS BEFORE ENLISTMENT: WW1: 1 Browning Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand [1] [2]

NEXT OF KIN ON EMBARKATION: WW1 Mrs J. Smith (mother), 1 Browning Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, New Zealand[1] [2]

Son of William Sing and Margaret Frances Sing[1]

Four brothers served in WW1 Herbert Stanley Sing (12/1097), Albert Victor Sing (13/3077), Robert Francis Sing (12/1096), Arthur Percy Sing (13/3078)[1]

Of Chinese descent.[1]

DEATH: 25 December 1945, in Wellington, New Zealand [1] [2]

CEMETERY: Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand[1]


  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 Frank Sing. (n.d.). Auckland War Memorial Museum. Retrieved 14 April 2021, from https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C55326
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 SING, Frank—WW112/1096—Army. (n.d.). National Library of New Zealand. Retrieved 14 April 2021, from https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE24384538

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