Thomas FRANCIS

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Service Number:	504
Enlisted:	28 October 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	13th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, 1892
Home Town:	Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales
Schooling:	South Annadale Public School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Carpenter
Died:	Died of wounds - abdomen, At sea on board HS Gascon, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 May 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Commander Stanley officiated Panel 37, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Annandale War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

28 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 504, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 504, 13th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 504, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne

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Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Francis of 2 Therriss Street, Annandale, NSW

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

Also served in the cadets

Served his 4 year apprenticeship with William Ford of Berrys Bay, NSW

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