FRANCIS, Roy
| Service Number: | 3650 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1917, Moonta, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Trooper |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia , 19 May 1897 |
| Home Town: | Moonta, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Moonta Mines School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Storeman |
| Died: | Died of Illness (Malaria), Egypt, 19 October 1918, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Cairo War Memorial Cemetery |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, East Moonta North Sunday School Roll of Honour , East Moonta Soldiers' Aid League Roll of Honour, Moonta All Saint's Anglican Church Memorial Honour Roll, Moonta Corporation of The Town of Moonta Roll of Honour, Moonta District Roll of Honor, Moonta Mines Public School Roll of Honour WW1, Moonta R.S.S. & A.I.L.A. Honor Roll, Moonta War Memorial, The South Australian National War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3650, Moonta, South Australia | |
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| 22 Dec 1917: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 3650, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' |
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| 22 Dec 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3650, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 19 Oct 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 3650, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3650 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1918-10-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ann-Marie Bosco
Trooper Roy Francis was born on 19 May 1897 in Broken Hill, NSW to parents Joseph & Sophia Francis.
The family moved to Moonta Mines when he was a baby, where his Sister, Dorothy was born in Ballarat Row on 29 September 1901 & his Brother, Bertie was born 2 March 1903.
Roy did his schooling at the Moonta Mines Model School.
He enlisted into AIF on 18 July 1917, aged 20 years & 2 months.
His unit was 3rd Australian Light Horse Regiment, 33rd reinforcement & embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT A38 Ulysses on 22 December 1917.
He died on 19 October 1918 in Abbassia, Egypt from Malaria & is buried in the Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.
His Mother died 12 November 1914 & his Father died 6 August 1933. Both are buried in the Moonta Cemetery.
Courtesy of Moonta RSL
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