Francis Ernest MASSEY

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Service Number:	395
Enlisted:	21 September 1914, Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	16th Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Oxford, England, 1888
Home Town:	Bridgetown, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Western Australia
Schooling:	Stanton St John School & Central School, Oxford, England
Occupation:	Sleeper Hewer
Died:	Died of wounds - left thigh and shoulder, 1st General Hospital, Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt, 26 May 1915
Cemetery:	Cairo War Memorial Cemetery Row B, Grave 264 Chaplain G. H. Gavin officiated, Cairo War Memorial Cemetery, Cairo, Egypt
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bridgetown War Memorial

21 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 395, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted at Helena Vale, WA
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 395, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 395, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
26 May 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 395, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 395 awm_unit: 16 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-05-26

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Arrived in Australia aged 26 years

Next of kin given as his sister Rose Mason, Clifton Hampton, Oxford, England

He was described as being a happy bloke and was promoted to Lance Corporal on his birthday

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal