ANSELL, Francis Lingum
| Service Numbers: | 69, 277 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 October 1914, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 2 |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps |
| Born: | Abbotsford, Victoria, Australia, 4 March 1884 |
| Home Town: | Abbotsford, Boroondara, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Abbotsford Primary School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Caulfield, Glen Eira - Victoria, Australia, 12 April 1940, aged 56 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1914: | Enlisted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 69, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 28 Nov 1914: | Embarked Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 69, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, SS Eastern, Sydney | |
| 28 Nov 1914: | Involvement Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Private, 69, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Eastern embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 11 Jun 1915: | Promoted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Corporal, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps | |
| 1 Sep 1915: | Promoted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Sergeant, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps | |
| 24 Nov 1919: | Promoted Australian Naval & Military Expeditionary Forces (New Guinea 1914), Warrant Officer 2, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps | |
| 6 Feb 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Warrant Officer Class 2, 277, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Naval and Military Forces - Special Tropical Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Harrison Ansell
Francis Lingum Ansell served in the Tropical Corps during WW1, following his brothers Enoch and Albert. Another brother, Charles, was meant to go, but because he was a well respected boxing coach, as well as some family ties, he got to stay home. Francis was listed at 30 yrs, 9 mths (he lied about his age, he was born 1887, not 1884), 5ft 5, blue eyes, brown hair, 108 lbs and to have had a fair complexion. Francis had one child, a daughter, named Doris. Francis was a very good soldier, he fought hard and was promoted multiple times in a short span of time. His brother Enoch was killed upon landing Gallipoli on the 25th of April, 1915, and Albert was lightly wounded. Albert was soon shot and killed instantly on the 8th of May of the same year. Francis eventually got a couple months leave from the army and came home to rent out a house with Doris and her mother Gypsy. Gypsy and Francis departed ways less then 3 weeks after Francis returned, and Doris lived with her mum until Francis came back from WW1. They never officially divorced.