Francis Pearce CAPPER

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Service Number:	250
Enlisted:	1 May 1915, Enlisted in NSW
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	1st Divisional Ammunition Column
Born:	Aberdeen, Scotland, 25 January 1889
Home Town:	Randwick, Randwick, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Wool Classer
Died:	Queensland, Australia, 6 September 1947, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Mackay Old Town Hall Honour Roll, Sarina War Memorial

1 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 250, 26th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in NSW
24 May 1915:	Involvement Private, 250, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
24 May 1915:	Embarked Private, 250, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Brisbane
19 Mar 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal
15 Apr 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Corporal, Trench Mortar Battery
27 May 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant
10 Apr 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 1st Division Artillery
1 May 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, From Royal Artillery Cadet School
10 May 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column
10 Jul 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant
19 May 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, Discharged at the 2nd Military District

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Address at the time of enlistment was Bridge Street, Sydney, NSW of Randwick, NSW. Other calling was Sugar Farmer

Son of William Henry Capper and Mary Hannah Capper nee Pearce of Botany Street, Randwick, NSW

Commenced return to Australia on 7 November 1919 aboard HT Marathon disembarking on the 1 January 1920

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal