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BEST, Francis Mayfield

Service Number:	S3074
Enlisted:	31 May 1916, Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit:	Field Company Engineers
Born:	Kybunga, South Australia, 9 January 1887
Home Town:	Linden Park, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Engineer
Died:	Illness, Toorak Gardnes, SA, Australia, 16 September 1944, aged 57 years
Cemetery:	Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia War Grave Section
Memorials:	Adelaide Scots Church WW1 Honour Board, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Blyth Boys of the Blyth District WW1 Roll of Honour , Blyth Kybunga Pictorial Honour Board

World War 1 Service

31 May 1916:	Enlisted Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia
8 Aug 1917:	Embarked Field Company Engineers, HMAT Anchises, Sydney
8 Aug 1917:	Involvement Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''

World War 2 Service

25 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, S3074
25 Aug 1941:	Involvement Lieutenant Colonel, S3074
25 Aug 1941:	Enlisted Keswick, SA
Date unknown:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant Colonel, S3074
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed

Son of Tom Charles BEST and Eva Anne nee MAYFIELD