TONER, Francis John
| Service Number: | 5092 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mcintyres, Victoria, Australia, 16 April 1883 |
| Home Town: | Garfield, Cardinia, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 20 March 1917, aged 33 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bunyip War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jul 1916: | Involvement Private, 5092, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: '' | |
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| 3 Jul 1916: | Embarked Private, 5092, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ayrshire, Melbourne | |
| 20 Mar 1917: | Involvement Private, 5092, 21st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5092 awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-20 |
Francis John Toner
Born 16 April 1883 • Mcintyres,Victoria,Australia To John Toner and Catherine Hart Mclernon Toner.
Siblings: Maurice John Toner 1880=1935
Margaret Ann Toner 1883-1972
Children:
Doris Haenel 1909 -1996
Adopted 1912 and named changed to Dorothy Whittington
M Gerald Joseph Fitzgerald 1937.
Eric Van 1911-1994
M Mavis Vivian Marshall 1937.
Mother of children Grae Haenel.
Submitted 1 January 2024 by Beverley Mclernon
Biography contributed by Beverley Mclernon
Francis John Toner was born in 1883 - one of twins (the other was Margaret Anne) born to John Toner and Catherine Hart Mclernon Toner. He was one of 5 children born from Catherines second marriage. His father John Toner died 1903 in Western Australia. At some stage he got involved with a Grace Haenel and had two children with her - Doris born 1909 and Eric born 1911. Grace and Francis never married and the children were eventually adopted out while Grace eventually married someone else. Francis joined up in 1914.