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FRANCIS, William Charles

Service Numbers:	SN 4429, 4429
Enlisted:	10 January 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Exeter, Adelaide, South Australia, 13 May 1898
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Gilles Street Primary School, Prince Alfred College
Occupation:	Warehouse assistant
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 10 March 1918, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Berks Cemetery Extension II. B. 46.,
Memorials:	Adelaide Gilles Street Primary School WW1 Honour Board (Original), Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Kent Town Prince Alfred College 'Nobly Striving, Nobly Fell' Roll of Honour, Rosewater Womens Memorial Roll of Honour WW1

World War 1 Service

10 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, SN 4429, 27th Infantry Battalion
25 Mar 1916:	Involvement Private, 4429, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
25 Mar 1916:	Embarked Private, 4429, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Adelaide
Date unknown:	Wounded 4429, 27th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Heather Ernszt

Son of John FRANCIS and Augusta MCAFFREY