Francis Washington POWER

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POWER, Francis Washington

Service Numbers:	1167, R1167
Enlisted:	24 May 1915, Place of Enlistment Claremont, Tasmania.
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	26th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia , 15 February 1895
Home Town:	Cairns, Cairns, Queensland
Schooling:	Unknown
Occupation:	Labourer.
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 26 April 1917, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cairns Cenotaph

World War 1 Service

24 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1167, 26th Infantry Battalion, Place of Enlistment Claremont, Tasmania.
21 Oct 1916:	Involvement Private, R1167, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Boonah embarkation_ship_number: A36 public_note: ''
21 Oct 1916:	Embarked Private, R1167, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Boonah, Brisbane
26 Apr 1917:	Involvement Private, 1167, 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1167 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-26

Francis Washington Power.

Francis Washington Power was born on the 15 February 1895 in Charters Towers, the second child of Martin Francis Power and Ellen (Helen) Frances Carney. He had an older sister, Aethela Mary born 1893, a younger brother Henry Carr born 1899 and a younger sister Ellen Agnes born 1903.

On his enlistment in Claremont, Tasmania he was 23 years 2 months, occupation a labourer and next of kin was his father Mr. Martin F Power, McLeod St, Cairns. He was 5 feet 5 inches tall, weighed 150 pounds with a dark complexion, brown eyes and black hair. He was Roman Catholic.

He embarked from Brisbane on 29 June 1915 on HMAT Aeneas but contracted illness while in Cairo and was invalided home to Australia where he spent his recuperation at Langwarrin Military Hospital, Melbourne. He embarked again from Brisbane on the HMAT Boonah on 21 October 1916, arriving in Plymouth, England on 10 January 1917. He proceeded to Etaples, France on 15 February 1917 only to be admitted to hospital with mumps.

Francis rejoined his unit on 23 March 1917. On 23 April 1917 he suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was admitted to 45th Casualty Clearing Station where he died of his wounds on 26th April 1917. He was buried at Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Achiet-le-Grand Arras, Nord Pas de Calais, France.
Courtesy of The Cairns District Family History Society.

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