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FRANCIS, Herbert Walter Alexander
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3953 |
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| Enlisted: | 29 October 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 31st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Warra, Queensland, Australia, 7 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Warra, Western Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Warra State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 28 October 1916, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
AIF Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Warra War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 29 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3953, Toowoomba, Queensland | |
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| 31 Jan 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3953, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: '' | |
| 31 Jan 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3953, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Brisbane | |
| 28 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3953, 31st Infantry Battalion, 'The Winter Offensive' - Flers/Gueudecourt winter of 1916/17, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3953 awm_unit: 31st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-10-28 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...3953 Private Herbert Walter Francis. A labourer of Warra, Qld, Francis enlisted on 29 October 1915. He embarked from Brisbane on board HMAT Wandilla (A62) with the 9th Reinforcements of the 25th Battalion on 31 January 1916 and joined the 31st Battalion on 9 October 1916. Pte Francis died of wounds on 28 October 1916, aged 21, and is buried at the A.I.F. Burial Ground, Grass Lane, Flers, France." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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