Francis Clarence IRWIN

Francis Clarence IRWIN Update Details

If you confirm that you want to proceed with the update, this record will be locked for editing by all other users until you have finished. You will have 7 days to complete your changes before they will be automatically submitted.

Do you want to proceed?

IRWIN, Francis Clarence

Service Number:	2625
Enlisted:	15 March 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	49th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, 30 April 1892
Home Town:	Condamine, Western Downs, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Stockman
Died:	Killed in Action, Mouquet Farm, France, 3 September 1916, aged 24 years
Cemetery:	London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval Plot 2, Row J, Grave 20. (remains discovered 1937), London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Miles Wall of Remembrance, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial)

World War 1 Service

15 Mar 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2625, 9th Infantry Battalion
16 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2625, 9th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2625, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane
3 Sep 1916:	Involvement Private, 2625, 49th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2625 awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-09-03

Help us honour Francis Clarence Irwin's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Francis Clarence Irwin was awarded a Military Medal for his work at Mouquet Farm on 3 September 1916. He was killed in action later the same day.

'This man was one of the party of bombers who bombed along the left communication trench and assisted to capture a maxim gun, the two others of the party are unknown and it is believed that they were killed. This man carried on and bombed the enemy out and practically held the place until a stop was put in.'

The medal was forwarded to his mother at Condamine in Queensland. Francis was reported missing and his death was not confirmed for 12 months. His remains were discovered in 1937 by the Commonwealth War Graves and confirmed by the presence of his identity disc. The disc was considered, by the authorities, to not be in a fit condition to send to Australia. However his mother was notified of the discovery and his reinterment in a military cemetery.

Virtual
War Memorial
Australia