PALMER, Francis
| Service Number: | 475 |
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| Enlisted: | 4 February 1915, An original member of B Company |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Caboolture, Queensland, Australia, 8 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Cowan Cowan, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Gayndah, Queensland, Australia, 26 December 1924, aged 33 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 1 Service
| 4 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 475, 25th Infantry Battalion, An original member of B Company | |
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| 29 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 475, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 475, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
His brother, 2789 Pte Daniel Wallace Palmer, 49th Battalion AIF, was killed in action at Messines, Belgium, 7 June 1917.
Francis Palmer arrived on Gallipoli 4 September 1915. He was wounded when a piece of shell hit him the head on 11 December 1915, concussing him and causing a compound fracture to his skull. The fracture was repaired in the dressing station at Anzac and he was evacuated to Egypt. He was invalided back to Australia on 3 March 1916. His brother 1789 Private Richard Gordon Palmer 15th Battalion AIF was also on the same ship, having suffered a severe wound to his leg.
Another brother, 3170 Private James Palmer 9th Battalion AIF, was also wounded during 1917 and returned to Australia early 1919.
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