Francis William CARTHEW

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CARTHEW, Francis William

Service Number:	WX758
Enlisted:	10 November 1939
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Southern Cross, Western Australia, 6 June 1914
Home Town:	Boyanup, Capel, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farm Hand
Died:	Perth, Western Australia, 20 January 2001, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Boyanup Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

10 Nov 1939:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX758, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion
24 Oct 1944:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX758, 2nd/11th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Francis was the third of five children of Arnold Renfry Carthew (b1882 in Running Creek, Ovens, Victoria) and Susannah (Bess) Mary Ecclestone (b1890 in Boyanup, WA). Arnold (a WAGR Railway Porter) and Bess married in 1911 in Boyanup, WA. The family lived in Guildford, Northam and Gwalia where Arnold was a Railway Porter and Station Manager. Following Arnold's death in 1926, Bess moved to Perth with her children and remarried.

Francis worked as a Farm Hand in Boyanup WA and enlisted in the Militia in March 1939. He was a Trooper (Service No:462143) attached to 25 Light Horse (Machine Gun) Regiment when he enlisted in the Australian Army later that year. Francis served as a Private (Service No:WX758) and was attached to 2/11 Infantry Battalion 6 Division when he was Discharged in October 1944.

Francis married Ellen Amy Evans (b1922 in Bunbury, WA) in Bunbury in 1944. He worked as a Farm Hand in Argyle (Donnybrook/Balingup), Karragullan and Capel before becoming a Carpenter. He and Ellen settled in Capel before retiring to Gosnells in Perth, WA. Francis died in 2001 and Ellen in 2017.

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