"FRANKAU, 2nd Lieut P E, Rifle Brigade, killed in action while attached to the Cameronians, was the second son of the late novelist ‘Frank Danby’. In 1911 he married Miss Frances B Miller of Te Puke, NZ. Early in life Lt Frankau gave up his scholastic career in order to devote himself to farming and exploration. He had travelled considerably and finally had settled in Rhodesia, enlisting at the outbreak of war in the Rhodesian Contingent. He obtained his commission in April 1915." [Auckland Weekly News, 24 January 1918]