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Name	Frank Choat
Born	1888 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	17 September, 1940 (aged ~ 52) at sea
Cause of Death	civilian war death
Religious Influence	Methodist Includes the religion in which subjects were raised, have chosen themselves, attendance at religious schools and/or religious funeral rites; Atheism and Agnosticism have been included.
Occupation *	soldier (1914-1916) Federal, Australia
Military Service *	World War I (soldier) World War II (died when ship sunk by German torpedo) Dardanelles campaign, 1915-16 9th Battalion (soldier, 1914-1916)
Key Events *	sinking of the City of Benares (1940) (victim)

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