Francis Thomas BEST

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Service Number:	1661
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cornwall, England, 1873
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Yarraville State School, Victoria, Australia (1885-87)
Occupation:	Steward
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 26 March 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

4 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1661, 58th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: ''
4 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1661, 58th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Melbourne
26 Mar 1917:	Involvement Private, 1661, 57th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1661 awm_unit: 57 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-03-26

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He was 44 and the son of Francis Thomas and Loveday Best, of 61, Union St., Northcote, Victoria.

Births Sep 1873 BEST Francis Thomas St. Austell 5c 116

Age on arrival in Australia-12

Enlistment date 26 January 1916 Private 58th Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement-Unit from Nominal Roll 57th Battalion

Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916-he was 42 at this time.