Francis "Frank" Waugh Herron (spelled "Heron" on his death certificate) was born in Greenock, Scotland, in 1891 to a Scottish mother and a Northern Irish father.
Before the age of 10, his family moved to Victoria, Northern Ireland. By 1911, Frank was working as a lithography artist in Victoria.
In October 1914, just months after Britain delared war on Germany, Frank emigrated to Philadelphia. He was working as a photographer in Romanian immigrant Sigmund C. Wolff's photo studio on 9th and Race streets in Philadelphia, when he filled out his U.S. draft registration card on June 15, 1917.
In order to serve his native country, he traveled to Montreal, Canada, to join the British Army. He enlisted as a sapper (skilled tradesman) in the Royal Engineers' Inland Waterways & Docks department, where he served as a draftsman. He arrived in England from Canada in October 1917 and shipped out to join the British army's Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Iraq, where he arrived in January 1918. He received a medical discharge in the summer of 1919 due to repeated bouts of malaria and returned to England in September 1919 and arrived back in Philadelphia in October 1919. For his service, he received the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the Silver War Badge (to show honorable discharge on medical grounds).
In the 1920s, Frank illustrated several articles for the Ladies Home Journal. Over the years, he worked as an artist and gave art lessons.
By the 1940s, he is listed as unemployed on his World War II draft card. Frank never married. He died June 1, 1964, at his home on Green Street of natural causes at age 73. His death certificate contains hardly any information, and there was no relative to act as informant. Any information on it was collected from Salvation Army records.
He was buried at Mount Peace on June 11, 1964.
Before the age of 10, his family moved to Victoria, Northern Ireland. By 1911, Frank was working as a lithography artist in Victoria.
In October 1914, just months after Britain delared war on Germany, Frank emigrated to Philadelphia. He was working as a photographer in Romanian immigrant Sigmund C. Wolff's photo studio on 9th and Race streets in Philadelphia, when he filled out his U.S. draft registration card on June 15, 1917.
In order to serve his native country, he traveled to Montreal, Canada, to join the British Army. He enlisted as a sapper (skilled tradesman) in the Royal Engineers' Inland Waterways & Docks department, where he served as a draftsman. He arrived in England from Canada in October 1917 and shipped out to join the British army's Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Iraq, where he arrived in January 1918. He received a medical discharge in the summer of 1919 due to repeated bouts of malaria and returned to England in September 1919 and arrived back in Philadelphia in October 1919. For his service, he received the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the Silver War Badge (to show honorable discharge on medical grounds).
In the 1920s, Frank illustrated several articles for the Ladies Home Journal. Over the years, he worked as an artist and gave art lessons.
By the 1940s, he is listed as unemployed on his World War II draft card. Frank never married. He died June 1, 1964, at his home on Green Street of natural causes at age 73. His death certificate contains hardly any information, and there was no relative to act as informant. Any information on it was collected from Salvation Army records.
He was buried at Mount Peace on June 11, 1964.
Francis "Frank" Waugh Herron (spelled "Heron" on his death certificate) was born in Greenock, Scotland, in 1891 to a Scottish mother and a Northern Irish father.
Before the age of 10, his family moved to Victoria, Northern Ireland. By 1911, Frank was working as a lithography artist in Victoria.
In October 1914, just months after Britain delared war on Germany, Frank emigrated to Philadelphia. He was working as a photographer in Romanian immigrant Sigmund C. Wolff's photo studio on 9th and Race streets in Philadelphia, when he filled out his U.S. draft registration card on June 15, 1917.
In order to serve his native country, he traveled to Montreal, Canada, to join the British Army. He enlisted as a sapper (skilled tradesman) in the Royal Engineers' Inland Waterways & Docks department, where he served as a draftsman. He arrived in England from Canada in October 1917 and shipped out to join the British army's Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Iraq, where he arrived in January 1918. He received a medical discharge in the summer of 1919 due to repeated bouts of malaria and returned to England in September 1919 and arrived back in Philadelphia in October 1919. For his service, he received the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the Silver War Badge (to show honorable discharge on medical grounds).
In the 1920s, Frank illustrated several articles for the Ladies Home Journal. Over the years, he worked as an artist and gave art lessons.
By the 1940s, he is listed as unemployed on his World War II draft card. Frank never married. He died June 1, 1964, at his home on Green Street of natural causes at age 73. His death certificate contains hardly any information, and there was no relative to act as informant. Any information on it was collected from Salvation Army records.
He was buried at Mount Peace on June 11, 1964.
Before the age of 10, his family moved to Victoria, Northern Ireland. By 1911, Frank was working as a lithography artist in Victoria.
In October 1914, just months after Britain delared war on Germany, Frank emigrated to Philadelphia. He was working as a photographer in Romanian immigrant Sigmund C. Wolff's photo studio on 9th and Race streets in Philadelphia, when he filled out his U.S. draft registration card on June 15, 1917.
In order to serve his native country, he traveled to Montreal, Canada, to join the British Army. He enlisted as a sapper (skilled tradesman) in the Royal Engineers' Inland Waterways & Docks department, where he served as a draftsman. He arrived in England from Canada in October 1917 and shipped out to join the British army's Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Iraq, where he arrived in January 1918. He received a medical discharge in the summer of 1919 due to repeated bouts of malaria and returned to England in September 1919 and arrived back in Philadelphia in October 1919. For his service, he received the Victory Medal, the British War Medal and the Silver War Badge (to show honorable discharge on medical grounds).
In the 1920s, Frank illustrated several articles for the Ladies Home Journal. Over the years, he worked as an artist and gave art lessons.
By the 1940s, he is listed as unemployed on his World War II draft card. Frank never married. He died June 1, 1964, at his home on Green Street of natural causes at age 73. His death certificate contains hardly any information, and there was no relative to act as informant. Any information on it was collected from Salvation Army records.
He was buried at Mount Peace on June 11, 1964.
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