Francis LAW DCM

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Service Number:	246
Enlisted:	15 July 1915, Enlisted in Brisbane.
Last Rank:	Regimental Sergeant Major
Last Unit:	31st Infantry Battalion
Born:	Wentworth, New South Wales, Australia, 3 January 1872
Home Town:	Barcaldine, Barcaldine, Queensland
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 June 1944, aged 72 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lutwyche Cemetery, Brisbane, Qld ANZAC - 7- 85 - 21
Memorials:	Barcaldine War Memorial Clock Tower

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15 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 246, 31st Infantry Battalion, Enlisted in Brisbane.
16 Sep 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 31st Infantry Battalion
9 Nov 1915:	Involvement Sergeant, 246, 31st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1915:	Embarked Sergeant, 246, 31st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
1 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 246, Awarded the Russian Medal of St George.
20 Oct 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 246, 31st Infantry Battalion, GSW to Face in France
16 Jan 1917:	Honoured Distinguished Conduct Medal
7 Feb 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 246, 31st Infantry Battalion, Returned to Australia.
7 Feb 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Regimental Sergeant Major, 246, 31st Infantry Battalion

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