Robert Arthur (Bob) FRANCIS

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FRANCIS, Robert Arthur

Service Number:	5701
Enlisted:	20 March 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Ninnes, South Australia, 18 November 1891
Home Town:	Port Lincoln, Port Lincoln, South Australia
Schooling:	Wallaroo School
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 8 April 1917, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cummins War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

20 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Adelaide, South Australia
27 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5701, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Barambah embarkation_ship_number: A37 public_note: ''
27 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5701, 10th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Barambah, Melbourne
8 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5701, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5701 awm_unit: 48 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-08

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Biography

"...5701 Private Robert Arthur Francis, 48th Battalion. A farmer from Port Lincoln, SA prior to enlistment, Pte Francis, along with his brother 5700 Pte John Bungay Francis, embarked with the 18th Reinforcements, 10th Battalion from Melbourne on HMAT Barambah on 27 June 1916. After transferring to the 48th Battalion, he was killed in action in France, aged 25, and is commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial. Pte John Francis had previously been killed in action in Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)

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