Thomas William FRANCIS

FRANCIS, Thomas William

    Service Number: 2584
    Enlisted: 16 July 1915, Bendigo, Victoria
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 29th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Golden Square, Victoria, Australia, 1890
    Home Town: Golden Square, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
    Schooling: Golden Square State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916
    Cemetery: Fromelles (Pheasant Wood) Military Cemetery
    Plot IV. Row A. Grave 4. Inscription: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Golden Square District
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    World War 1 Service

    16 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2584, Depot Battalion , Bendigo, Victoria
    14 Mar 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2584, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
    14 Mar 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2584, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
    16 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2584, 29th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Tunisian"
    23 Jun 1916: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2584, 29th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
    19 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2584, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
    20 Jul 1916: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2584, 29th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action

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    Biography contributed by VWM Australia

    Private Francis is one of only a handfull of soldiers who has an undated, location of burial marked in his file for what would be later known as the German Burial site, Pheasant Wood. The burial site contained 250 bodies of which 205 were later confirmed to be Australian. 

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