Lance Wray BRANFORD

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Service Number:	2453
Enlisted:	19 May 1915, Keswick, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Exeter, South Australia, 10 August 1892
Home Town:	Exeter, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Waiter
Died:	Killed in Action, Pozières, France, Egypt, 4 August 1916, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Courcelette British Cemetery
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Exeter Semaphore Uniting Church (fmly Wesleyan) Roll of Honour, The South Australian National War Memorial

19 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2453, Keswick, South Australia
13 Oct 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2453, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
13 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2453, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Adelaide
4 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2453, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
Date unknown:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2453, 27th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm

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Lance Wray BRANFORD was born on 10th August, 1892 in Exeter, South Australia

His parents were Elijah BRANFORD and Henrietta JIGGINS

His brothers Sydney BRANFORD (SN 3757) & Fred Wilton Jones BRANFORD (SN 19348) both served in WW1 and returned to Australia in 1919