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FRANCIS, Frank Dudley
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1009 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 2nd Pioneer Battalion |
Born: | Not yet discovered |
Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Traveller |
Died: | Killed in Action, Myrtle Bank, South Australia, Australia, Myrtle Bank, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, 20 December 1919, age not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section) Section: LO, Road: 5N, Site No: 9, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hawthorn Victory Lodge Roll of Honour, Unley St. Augustine's Church Roll of Honour, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 1009, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
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31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 1009, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide | |
20 Dec 1920: | Involvement Sergeant, 1009, 2nd Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1009 awm_unit: 2 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1920-12-20 |
Personal Stories
Marriage
Frank Dudley Francis married Violet Vivian Pitt on 12 March 1919 at St Mary Magdalene Church, Moore Street, Adelaide.
He died on 20th December 1920, Adelaide, and is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Section of the West Terrace Cemetery, West Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia
Submitted 1 April 2020 by Vicki Heneker