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Francis Arthur Deravin (1876–1917)

CAPTAIN FRANCIS ARTHUR DERAVIN

Born in 1876 at Stratgsfuekdsate, Educated at Bendigo High School. Member of Royal Melbourne Golf Club. Resident at Fremantle Hospital for several years. Played cricket for Melbourne University. In 1905-06, he was emergency for Western Australia versus South Australia. In practice at Casteron before enlisting in December 1916 as a Captain in the Australian Army Medical Corps. Died of illness at Weymouth, England, on July 8, 1917.

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'Deravin, Francis Arthur (1876–1917)', People Australia, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://peopleaustralia.anu.edu.au/biography/deravin-francis-arthur-24373/text33118, accessed 30 March 2024.

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Birth

June, 1876
Strathfieldsaye, Victoria, Australia

Death

8 July, 1917 (aged 41)
Weymouth, Dorset, England

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